Made by Hilda Seator at Grimbister Farm, Orkney

Hard Cows Milk Cheese

Vegetable Rennet

Pasteurised cows milk

Hilda Seator, who learnt cheesemaking from her mother, has been making Orkney for over 30 years, producing only a few wheels daily from her herd of cows. She lives very remotely, and most of her business is summer business from people visiting the island. Only very small amounts of starter are used, so the acidity rises more or less naturally over the course of about 24 hours. Moist and crumbly cheese, best eaten young, which has a yeast, lemony flavour, becoming more yeasty as it ages.