Cornish Yarg

A delicate, yoghurty cheese, which is wrapped in nettle leaves. Cornish Yarg tends to have a fluffy textured centre with lactic flavours and a buttery, creamy breakdown under the slightly earthy edible rind.

Made with pasteurised cow's milk and animal rennet.

PORTION

Sixteenth

MINIMUM 210 g

Eighth

MINIMUM 425 g

Quarter

MINIMUM 850 g

Half

MINIMUM 1700 g

Whole

MINIMUM 3400 g

Regular price £7.45 Sale

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Various sized cut pieces sat on a whole Cornish Yarg cow’s milk cheese, showing the green nettle-wrapped, edible rind and buttery, creamy paste

Close up of the mould-flecked green nettle-wrapped rind of a Cornish Yarg cow’s milk cheese

Close up of a cut Cornish Yarg cow’s milk cheese, showing the green nettle-wrapped, edible rind and buttery, creamy paste

Made by Catherine Mead and Dane Hopkins, Cornish Yarg is a modern British cheese. It was invented in the 1980s by Alan Gray and is now made by Lynher Dairies.

Location

Near Truro, West Cornwall

Our work with this cheese

We have a longstanding relationship with Cornish Yarg producers Lynher Dairies. They produce a version of the cheese especially for us which is made with animal rennet.

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Cornish Yarg

Made by Catherine Mead and Dane Hopkins, Cornish Yarg is a modern British cheese. It was invented in the 1980s by Alan Gray and is now made by Lynher Dairies.

Location

Our work with this cheese

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