Delicious semi-hard cheese

Cornish Yarg is a semi-hard cheese that is deliciously creamy under the rind and slightly crumbly in the core. It has a young, fresh, slightly tangy taste and is made by hand in open round vats. After pressing and brining the cheese is wrapped in nettle leaves. These are picked from the hedgerows and neighbouring farms and are then frozen for use throughout the year. The leaves are carefully brushed onto the cheese in a prescribed pattern and they attract wonderful natural moulds of white, green, grey and blue. These moulds help the cheese to ripen and as it matures these edible nettles impart a delicate, slightly mushroom taste. The end effect is a beautiful lacy pattern of leaves in blue and green. The cheese looks quite different from any other on the counter and tells its own story of dedication and commitment to a product that is quite different and totally special. It finds an unusual but rewarding companion in Boddingtons.