Learn About Cheese
Producer Focus: A visit to Holker Farm, maker of St James cheese
Martin Gott’s cheese-making day doesn’t start until 8.30 am. By that time the milk vat is full. With just 100 litres. Most of the small farms that supply cheese to…
Barbecued Brassica Caesar Salad with Cais Na Tire (by Chef Martin Frickel)
Award-winning chef Martin Frickel uses Cais na Tire in this version of a classic Caesar salad, a perfect accompaniment to a BBQ. Serves four Ingredients 200g purple-sprouting broccoli 60g purple…
A visit to Mike Thomson’s dairy; creator of Young Buck Blue
“This room is not for me”, stated my four-year-old daughter, Mary, as she entered the final ageing room where Young Buck Blue is matured. You could understand why – the…
Producer Focus: A visit to Killeen Cheese
Stuck deep within rural Ireland is the small market town of Portumna. It is near here, on a small family-owned farm, that one of the finest goats’ milk cheeses is…
The UK’s top 15 cheese shops – The Times
Clipping from The Times national newspaper (November 2017) listing The Courtyard Dairy as one of the UK’s top 15 cheese shops. Click here to read the full article.
Hafod Welsh Rarebit by cheesemaker Rebecca Holden
Rebecca Holden of Hodlen’s Farm Dairy favourite choice of cooking her Hafod Cheddar is this adapted Hugh Fearnley-Whittenstall recipe for Welsh Rarebit: Ingredients 50g/2oz flour 50g/2oz butter 250ml/9oz strong beer…
New Cheesemonger Louise visits Stichelton Dairy
Read how about The Courtyard Dairy’s newest recruit – Louise Pauley went to help make Stichelton cheese earlier this year, and what she loved about the place. “I’ve decided that…
A video visit to Stichelton
Joe Schneider wanted to make a raw-milk (unpasteurised) Stilton and so set up a small dairy in partnership with the Wellbeck Estate in Nottinghamshire in 2006. Unable to call it…
The 1980s pioneer in Irish artisan cheese – a visit to Corleggy Cheeses
Hidden amongst the forest and lakes on the border between Northern and Southern Ireland is an idyllic small cottage. Here lies a truly inspirational cheese-maker; one of the pioneers of…
Grass fed cheese, meat and dairy – What is it and who does it?
Take a glance at many supermarket cheese or milk labels and you’ll often see a picture of a happy cow in a field. The reality is very different, however, because…
Meet the Yorkshire couple who have set up a cheese museum – The Yorkshire Post
Clipping from The Yorkshire Post (August 2017) on The Courtyard Dairy. Click here to read the full article.
Sam visits Botton Village to make Alpine-style Summer Field
A year ago, cheesemonger Sam went out to Botton Village to make Summer Field Alpine cheese. Here’s the story of his visit, learning about Botton Village’s unique way of farming…