Little Rollright

This small version of Rollright is perfect for baking. A washed rind soft and oozing cow's milk cheese, wrapped in a band of spruce bark, the texture is soft and glossy, and the flavour milky, with substantial woody notes and a hint of peanut.

Minimum: 240g.

Spend over £29.50 to receive free delivery (England, Wales & Central Scotland)

Delivery Information

Standard delivery is free to most postcodes in the UK for orders over £29.50. Click here for a list of postcodes where additional delivery charges apply.

For orders under £29.50, standard delivery is £6.00.

Collection from our London shops is free - choose Shop Collection at checkout.

Choose your preferred delivery date at checkout. As we use third party couriers (typically DPD) we cannot guarantee the arrival day of your order but we will do our best to ensure that it arrives as close as possible to your chosen date. To be sure it arrives in time, we recommend choosing a date a couple of days ahead of when you would like to eat your cheese.

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milk type
Cow

ingredients
MILK, salt, rennet

coagulant
Animal Rennet

milk treatment
Pasteurised

location
Chedworth, Gloucestershire

milk source
Produced on-site

season
All year

average age
4-6 weeks

cheesemakers
David Jowett

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David Jowett's approach to making this washed rind cheese was inspired by the famous Vacherin Mont d'Or, made in the Jura mountains in eastern France.

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Since late 2019, former Neal's Yard Dairy intern David Jowett has been making his French-inspired washed rind cheeses on Manor Farm in the Cotswold village of Chedworth, Gloucestershire. The farm's mixed herd of traditional British breeds, including the Dairy Shorthorn, feed on pastures planted with plentiful clover and herbal leys, lending their milk an aromatic richness. Rollright is regularly washed in brine for three weeks, resulting in the thin orangey-coloured rind that surrounds the cheese's soft, buttery paste. The spruce band with which it is wrapped adds a note of pine to the cheese as well as holding it together as it ages.

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our work with this cheese

We visit David weekly and select the batches of Rollright we think will work for us, and these are collected by our drivers on our Cotswolds run. When the cheese arrives with us, it is kept wrapped...

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Accompaniments

Rosebud Red Onion Port Marmalade
£5.15

Tracklements Fig Relish
£4.30

Serving Suggestions

Bake in the oven stuffed with slivers of garlic and fresh rosemary tips for 20 minutes.

Recipes

Rollright Recipe by Steve Williams

Steve Williams, renowned chef of the illustrious 40 Maltby Street has kindly written a recipe for a delicious salad to accompany washed rind cow’s milk cheese Rollright. It’s easy and quick to prep...

FAQs

How much cheese to buy?

As a general rule of thumb, we would recommend roughly between 100 and 150 grams per person for after dinner, and a bit more if cheese is the focus of the meal. If you are buying cheese to serve over a couple of days or as part of a buffet, it is advisable to buy a few larger pieces. This will both look better and keep better than many small bits. To help visualise weights, a good tip is to consider that a regular supermarket pat of butter weighs between 200 and 250 grams. If you are at all unsure please give us a call for some advice.

How should I store my cheese?

The best option is to keep your cheese wrapped in its paper within a box in the fridge. This will prevent the cheese from drying out and absorbing other flavours. Your cheese will arrive wrapped in waxed cheese paper, which achieves the best possible balance between maintaining humidity around the cheese and allowing it to breathe. We are happy to provide some free extra cheese paper, just search for "cheese paper" and add it to your basket. We don't recommend cling film or foil as it can cause the cheese to sweat which will negatively affect the flavour.

Unbelievable Neal’s Yard cheese

Fantastic service online with Neal’s Yard Dairy - my order arrived next day beautifully packed. The cheese selection was incredible as ever! Highly recommend- cheese from anywhere else just isn’t the same. Thanks guys!

Hi Paula,
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us! We couldn't be happier to hear you've enjoyed your selection and the Little Rollright!
All the best,
NYD

Mild and Creamy with Woody hints

Deliciously mild taste with a slight woody hint. Excellent runny texture at room temperature. Great with a full bodied red ! I'll be buying this again.

Hi Simon,
We're so pleased to hear you've enjoyed the Little Rollright - many thanks for your review and for sharing your feedback.
Kind regards,
NYD

Flavour

Nice cheese but preferred the Winslade.

Hi Petworth,
Thank you so much for taking the time to review the Little Rollright. Please don't hesitate to send us any further feedback you may have.
Kind regards,
NYD

One of my favourites

Love this soft cheese. I bought it the first time not knowing what it would be like. Order it every time.

Delicious Rollright

We kept our Rollright for a week. It was truly delicious.

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