Lake District Restaurants - Cheese Selection
As a previous recipient of a "highly recommended" award in the Best British cheeseboard of the year competition, we have an extensive cheese list mainly sourced from local Cumbrian cheese producers which include Thornby Moor Dairy, Wensleydale Dairy, Wardhall Dairy and the Cumberland Dairy.
Chef Chris Thompson chooses a selection of Five of our cheeses each night to appear on the cheese trolley accompanied with fresh celery, fruit bowl, mixed nuts, home-made chutneys, dessert wines and port. |
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Allerdale Cheese
Soft fat cheese made from goats milk giving an unusual strong flavour. Pure white in colour and a award winning cheese from Thornby moor dairy.
Allerdale Smoked
Full-flavoured soft fat cheese made from goats milk, lightly smoked over oak.
Blengdale Blue
A soft mild creamy blue veined pasturised cowsmilk cheese. made locally from the milk provided by farms around appleby.
Bowland Farmhouse
Old cheese recipe from north lancashire's dark Pennine hills. Soft fat, well matured and laced with apples, sultanas and cinnamon to make a fine dessert in it's own right and a nice way to sweeten the palate.
Cobble Tasty
A hard pressed cheese, made from pasturised cows milk, matured in cloth binding for up to 12 months for a sharp and flavoursome tang.
Cumberland Farmhouse
A strong-flavoured, hard and fat muslin-wrapped cheese produced from cows milk a Thornby Moor Dairy near Wigton. Accompany with brandy or dessert wine for a taste of the harsh Lake District mountains.
Cumberland Smoked
Strong-flavoured Cumberland farmhouse cows-milk cheese oak smoked in Thornby Moor dairy's own smokehouse.
Crofton Famhouse
A fine blend of cows and goats milk originating in the border country, this hard fat cheese's traditionaly matured in muslin for an earthy yet pleasant flavour.
Croglin
A rich, smooth bodied Ewes-milk cheese with a natural rind which lends a contrasting nutty texture and finish.
Keldthwaite Gold
A superb hand-made Jersymilk Brie made locally by the Cumberland dairy. Distinctive rich flavour and yellow colour from this pasturised cheese.
Ribblesdale
Very soft ewes-milk cheese originating from the ribble valley on the old border between Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumberland. Lightly Smoked over oak shavings for an extra sharp taste. now made in Ripon, North yorkshire by Fountains Dairy.
Smoked Ribblesdale
Very soft ewes-milk cheese originating from the ribble valley on the old border between Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumberland. Smoked for longer to produce a stonger cheese.
Stilton
The king of english cheeses. Soft and fat with heavy blue veins. This classical cheese is the pride of the small town of Melton mowbray.
Swaledale Farmhouse (Ewes)
Creamy soft cheese from the milk of dales-bred ewes, traditionally made at the richmond creamery and bound in fine black wax to retain the unique fruity flavour.
Swaldale Farmhouse (Cows)
Creamy soft cheese from the milk of dales-bred cows, traditionally made at the richmond creamery and bound in fine white wax to retain the unique fruity flavour.
Tovey
A semi-soft, naturally mould ripened goats cheese made at thornby Moor Dairy, Cumbria.
Wensleydale Farmhouse
Pure white medium fat cheese from the fells of the northern Yorkshire Dales. traditioally made at Hawes dairy for nearly 150years. The delicate fruity flavour lends itself to fresh english pears or hot apple pie.
Wensleydale Blue
White medium fat cheese made at Hawes dairy in the norther Dales, long matured and laced with fine blue veins for an extra crisp flavour.
Westmorland Cheddar
Traditionally made classical English cheese uniquely produced by Appleby Creamery. medium fat, 14 month matured, with a full-bodied fruity flavour. An excellent accompaniment to all types of fresh fruit and light dessert wines.
Wardhall Blue
A creamy blue veined goats milk cheese with good flavour and flavoursome tang. Made at the wardhall dairy, Wigton Cumbria.
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