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Matching Cheese Gifts with Personalities

Let’s face it, some people are just impossible to buy for…

We’ve all got that friend who just ‘doesn’t want anything’, or simply ‘can’t decide’. What we can all agree on however, is wine and cheese, and what better present is there than just that! Whether your mate is an expert or undecided, our new range of gift baskets and hampers are certain to make anyone smile.

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1. The Connoisseur

First up we’ve got the connoisseur, the cheese expert. This person is mad about cheese, and isn’t frightened by some stinky blues or Brie! And what better basket for a cheese lover is there than a selection from the country that does it best, the french of course! Our taste of France gift basket is perfect for anyone who doesn’t shy away from big (and delicious!) flavours. This selection is full to the brim with goodness, and with 4 authentic french cheeses and a full bottle of wine to enjoy, what’s not to love?

The cheeses in our selection are the epitome of a French cheese board. Your foodie friend will love indulging in a range of stinky, creamy and all round delicious french flavours that were made for anyone that can appreciate perfection.

Taste of France Gift Basket
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2. The Party Planner

We all have a friend who loves to host, whatever the occasion. This mate is an expert in  party planning, and loves going out of their way to make everyone around them happy. Our ‘Time to Celebrate Hamper’ is the perfect gift for the selfless friends in our life. Treat your pal by doing the hard work for them, as this hamper has everything you need for the perfect cheesy night in.

The contents of this gift are simple but absolutely scrumptious! Including a full bottle of Prosecco and white wine, a large helping of crackers and chutney, and a carefully picked selection of British cheeses is sure to get any party started!

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3. The Picky Eater

You may find this hard to believe, but there are people that aren’t crazy about cheese! We all know someone who’s afraid of blues or doesn’t like the stinky cheeses, but this hamper is light enough for any picky eater to love ( or at least try!). Although our ‘Baby Joy’ gift box is typically for those who are pregnant – as the cheeses are all pregnancy safe –  this hamper is a delicious selection of milder cheeses for those unsure about what they look for in a cheese. Containing 4 British cheeses, crackers, and chutney, this selection is ideal to share and sample.

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4. The Foodie

We all know someone who loves food, and we mean LOVE it. This person practically lives and breathes for food, making it their mission to try everything they can get their hands on. Treat this friend (or yourself!) to our delicious ‘Picnic Hamper’ which will definitely get their mouth watering. This gift is complete with everything a foodie could wish for. Cheese, booze, and all the trimmings to make this the hamper perfect for someone who loves to indulge.

The Perfect Picnic Hamper

We hope these gift ideas have helped you decide what to get those tricky people to buy for (or inspire you to treat yourself to a present!). If you took inspiration from this blog or would like us to share any more ideas, make sure to let us know on our Instagram @lovecheeseyork, we would love to see some fellow cheese lovers!

Love Cheese x

Written by Maddie Bricklebank

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Recipe: The Perfect Triple Cheese Fondue

 

As we head into SLIGHTLY warmer days…

This triple cheese fondue is the stuff that dreams are made of!

  • Taleggio to create a wonderfully melted sensation…
  • Cheddar to give you a creamy, buttery flavour…
  • Gruyere to add a slight tang and depth to your fondue…

We’ve got you covered with a list of ingredients, some suggested crudites and a recipe. And don’t worry, we’re not going to judge if you want to add a fourth or even a fifth cheese – afterall, it’s a cheese fondue!

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What you will need…

  • 200g Gruyere
  • 200g Isle of Mull Cheddar
  • 200g Taleggio
  • 2tsp Cider Vinegar
  • 1tsp Cornflour
  • 3tbsp Creme Fraiche

Yummy crudites….

  • Celery
  • Carrots
  • Pepper
  • Sourdough Bread (for croutons)
  • Salami
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Method:

Preheat your oven to 180degrees

While the oven is warming up, grate the gruyere and cheddar and cube the taleggio into small chunks.

Mix the cornflour, vinegar and small amounts of each cheese in a heatproof bowl.

Place this over a pan of boiling water and mix gently to melt the cheeses, gently add more and more cheese, mixing thoroughly until almost melted

Once the cheese is added and nearly melted through, add the creme fraiche and some black pepper to season.

Lower the heat and let the fondue simmer, keeping it warm.

To Make the Croutons:

Chop the bread into cubes and toss in oil with a little salt and pepper to season.

Place on baking paper, and pop them in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes until golden brown.

To Serve:

Chop up all your crudites into batons and your salami into good dunkable sized pieces.

Pop the fondue bowl on a large platter and place all the crudites and croutons around the bowl.

And tuck in!

We hope you enjoy this cheesey treat! If you do make it, make sure you share it with us by tagging us on Instagram (@lovecheeseyork) or sharing it with us on Facebook!

Love Cheese x

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Love Cheese: Vegetarian Friendly Cheeses

As it is National Vegetarian Week, we thought we would create a veggie friendly space for our cheeses. Here, you will find all our vegetarian friendly cheeses in one place. Looking for something specific? Browse our full ranges of goat’s milk cheese, ewe’s milk cheese and blue cheese, all of which include vegetarian options.

Black Bomber

A top notch, extra matured cheddar that is loved for its creamy texture and deep flavour. Black Bomber is the flagship cheese of Snowdonia Cheese Company and with good reason. It’s won multiple awards and while it is a classic cheddar, it comes with incredibly rich flavours, a smooth texture and mouth-watering length that will leave you wanting more.

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  • Hard
  • Cow
  • Pasteurised
  • Vegetarian

Montagnolo Affine

A fantastic German cheese! It’s a triple creamed, blue cheese that’s buttery, creamy with a very slight acidity to it. It has a sweet aroma and a beautifully soft texture. This is a wonderful blue to try for those who may not be the biggest blue fans – as it comes with a delicious saltiness thats hard not to like. Voted the worlds best cheese 2 years in a row we dare you to take the plunge and see what all the fuss is about!

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  • Blue
  • Cow
  • Pasteurised
  • Vegetarian

Murcia al Vino

Murcia al Vino is a goats cheese from the Murcia region of Spain. It’s name literally translates to “drunken goat” and this is due to the red-wine bath the cheese receives giving it a distinct purple rind. Expect soft, fruity and delicate flavours from this semifirm cheese with a creamy and smooth texture.  If you’re one who normally passes on the goat pairing – this might just be mild enough for you to enjoy!

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  • Semi-Soft
  • Goat
  • Pasteurised
  • Vegetarian

Old Winchester

As the name suggests, this is an aged Winchester cheese. Winchester is a cheddar/gouda hybrid and Old Winchester is no different. Aged for 20 months, this is a cheese that is explosive in flavour and texture alike. You’ll be getting beautifully caramelised and smoky flavours coming through with gorgeous crystalline crunches. This is a powerful, fruity cheese, with a full sweet flavour. The perfect cross between Gouda, Parmesan and Cheddar, this is a cheese that will make your mouth water.

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  • Blue
  • Cow
  • Pasteurised
  • Vegetarian
  • Pregnancy Safe

Rachel

Rachel is the perfect cheese for those who enjoy a lighter cheese that is not too “goaty” in flavour. It is bold in flavour with a distinct goaty taste that is mellowed out by its salty rind. While still a goats cheese it is more subtle and perfectly light on the tongue. Fun Fact: It was named after a friend of the cheesemaker who says – like the cheese she is sweet, curvy, and slightly nutty!

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  • Hard
  • Goat
  • Pasteurised
  • Vegetarian

Red Storm

A vintage Red Leicester, aged to perfection. This wonderful cheese from Snowdonia has gorgeous crystalline crunches and a surprisingly intense flavour profile. It comes with a slight sweetness, with lovely caramel undertones. Its texture is wonderfully refined due to its 18-month ageing process. We cannot get enough. If your cheese board needs a bit of colour, look no further!

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  • Hard
  • Cow
  • Pasteurised
  • Vegetarian

Ribblesdale Matured Goats

Here is a cheese that will demand second helpings – and with good reason! It’s sweet and grassy aroma combined with a superb crumbly texture is the perfect definition of ‘Best of British’. A goat’s cheese that is subtle on the goat, Ribblesdale Mature provides nutty, fruity flavours with a slight caramel hint that compliment each other in unison to create a well-rounded and balanced cheese that becomes slightly more ‘goat-y’ as it gets to the rind.

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  • Hard
  • Goat
  • Pasteurised
  • Vegetarian

Richard III

This creamy cheese follows the classic Wensleydale recipe but has less acidity that sometimes comes with Wensleydale cheese. It’s fantastically creamy, with a delicate honey-like flavour, citrus notes and a moistness that compliments beautifully. It’s name comes from King Richard III who spent a lot of time as a child in Wensleydale at Middleham Castle not too far from the original Richard III cheesemaker.

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  • Hard
  • Cow
  • Pasteurised
  • Vegetarian

Smoked Northumberland

This is a strong place to start on a journey into artisan smoked cheese. It has won multiple awards and for good reason! It is cold-smoked over wood chippings for 12 hours, to develop a bronzed outer core and a beautifully smoky taste. Smoked Northumberland cheese is the real deal; once the cheese has been smoked for 12 hours, it is then matured for 3 months to deepen the flavour.

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  • Hard
  • Cow
  • Pasteurised
  • Vegetarian

Torta de Barros

There is a tradition in Spain of making ewes’ milk cheeses using cardoon thistle rennet. This  leads to the cheese age from the inside out, making the middle really unctuous and oozy and resulting in a full flavour .This cheese has a delicate and very particular flavour. Slightly sour with a flood of herb flavours and an elegant bitter aftertaste due to the use of the vegetable rennet.

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  • Sewi-Soft
  • Ewe
  • Unpasteurised
  • Vegetarian

Waterloo

The Napoleonic British brie. Exquisitely buttery. Waterloo has a creamy, firm texture and the ultimate buttery finish.The washed curd method they use makes the cheese less acidic with a gentle buttery flavour. Village Maid’s herd of pedigree Guernsey cows are responsible for the distinct yellow colour and the sweet and smooth taste.Waterloo is a buttery, creamy goodness with a hint of earthiness from the rind.

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  • Soft
  • Cow
  • Unpasteurised
  • Vegetarian

Wigmore

A sophisticated, soft cheese full of vibrant flavours and great texture. Expect a complex, floral and sweet palette that will leave you wanting a little more each time. Indulgent, yet delicate Wigmore comes from Village Maid and is made using traditional methods for hand-washed, curd cheese. It’s a gentle cheese but powerful in its own right and we can’t get enough of it!

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  • Soft
  • Ewe
  • Unpasteurised
  • Vegetarian

Wyfe of Bath

Made following a Gouda inspired recipe, Wyfe of Bath is made by Graham Padfield at Park Farm, on the outskirts of Bath. You’ll pick up summery meadow notes and buttery aromas in this creamy, succulent cheese. The rind adds to its nutty taste, thanks to the cheese ageing for four months to give a deep flavour. Its taste changes ever so slightly according to the season, as it’s made from the milk of one single herd of cows – but it’s always sweet and rich.

Product Highlights

  • Hard
  • Cow
  • Pasteurised
  • Vegetarian

Sustainability is cool! Love Cheese and Environmental Responsibility

Sustainability is such an important thing to us, here at Love Cheese. 

While we know we can do better, here’s a breakdown of what we are doing and what we are committing to do.

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By supporting us, you are supporting others!

We love being a small business, we love being a local business even more. Over the last 12 months, we have grown as a company, both in what we do and in where it goes. From this growth, we’re now able to support more local businesses than ever before. 

We source most of our packaging and printing locally. Our boxes come from a Yorkshire based company, while our tasting notes and stickers come from Inc Dot, which is just down the road. It is important to us that we support local businesses to us where we can!

Inc Dot embraces the philosophy of “acting locally and thinking globally” and we think that is just such a brilliant way of life. They source all their paper from sustainable, managed farms meaning none of it comes from trees felled in rainforests. On top of this, their ink has no toxins and their stock contains no dolphin-poisoning bleaches. How cool is that?

We love our relationships that we have with local companies, and we love supporting them even more. It’s been great that in expanding our business we’ve been able to put that back into the local community and help aid in their success too!

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If it’s good for the planet, then it’s good for us.

Sustainability means a lot to us here at Love Cheese. That’s why we’ve gone out of our way to ensure that nearly all of our packaging is entirely recyclable. From the peanuts to the box, you can buy from Love Cheese with the security that you won’t be putting out more waste into the world. 

We use cardboard boxes for all our postage items, which once the sellotape is removed can be broken down and popped into your recycling.

The packing peanuts are made of starch, meaning they are 100% decomposable and just need contact with water to start this process. The pulp packaging that protects your wine is made from recycled cardboard and it’s recycle journey there, it can be fully recycled once it’s done protecting your wine. While the ice pack that keeps your cheese chilled is entirely re-usable. 

If you have ordered an event with us, then the glass bottles and the lids are also 100% recyclable. The tasting notes can also be recycled (please remove the staples though) and we are working on having these printed on recycled paper! 

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Mother Nature needs love too.

We try to make sure that everything we send out to you guys is easily recyclable, but we also make sure that what we do with our waste and our energy is also looking after the planet. 

Our shop is powered by ENGIE who focus on the global transition to carbon neutral energy. As a company, they work internationally to do their bit for the environment, establish sustainable and efficient strategies and create a positive impact in all that they do.

We also work with local charity, St Nicks, in order to limit our business waste. St Nicks, take our recycling and break it down to create pulp solutions and packaging to supply to other businesses. St Nicks are a phenomenal charity that runs projects, events and services which help to make York more sustainable. Their local eco-project is commendable and we cannot speak highly enough of everything that they do. 

We understand that while cheese and wine is what we love, we wouldn’t have any of these things without a healthy planet and so we need to do our bit to ensure we’re not harming her more. We will continue to ensure that we will use the best practices to help mother nature out. 

We know we still have a long way to go and we will continue to work hard in making our business as sustainable as it can be. 

Love Cheese x

International Women’s Day 2021: Allison Raper, Teesdale Cheesemakers

Happy March! This new month brings warmer days, lighter nights, and an empowering event that we are all excited to celebrate here at Love Cheese. The 8th of March commemorates International Women’s Day, and with over half of our staff being female, this event is very close to our hearts. But what is Love Cheese without cheese? Some of the most prestigious cheesemongers are women, and what other way could we celebrate this important event without praising one of the best female suppliers in the cheese game! This year’s IWD theme is #choosetochallenge, and a female ran cheese company in an industry that is dominated by males does exactly that; challenges the stereotype, as well as seeking out and simultaneously celebrating women’s achievements.

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Allison Raper is the proud owner of Teesdale Cheesemakers

who are known for their delicious homemade cheeses and their ‘Cheesedale’ café which revolves around cheese and the making that goes on behind the scenes. This husband-and-wife team began in a small utility room and have now transformed their company into a successful business with a café, farm, and their own mini cheese factory.

Teesdale Cheesemakers have 8 beloved soft cheeses in their collection, including the tasty Teesdale Blue, (a mild creamy blue made with cow’s milk), White Hilton (described by Allison as a complex creamy white cheese that changes as you chew it) and Teesdale Goat (a mild mellow goat with their own distinct rind to finish it off). As well as this, they have won 18 awards in their time, including the Gold and Silver World Cheese Award! Its clear to see why this company is praised and loved by all cheese community.

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Last year I had the pleasure of visiting the Cheesedale café myself, and what a delight it was!

We were served a delicious breakfast with bacon and eggs from the farm and their famous cheeses to accompany it. Our view was a beautiful landscape where we could see the cows that are used to make the delicious Teesdale cheese’s roaming the acres of land they are home to. It was a delightful way to spend our morning, and whilst speaking to Allison and Jonathon we could see the passion and hard work that had gone into the company.

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When speaking to Allison on the topic of IWD she gave us these words of wisdom:

“Our business is very diverse and innovative, it has had to be over the past challenging twelve months! At the core of everything we do is our multi award winning hand-made cheeses, even our pigs are fed on the whey from the cheese making, and I am hugely proud of that achievement.

There is no can’t…only how.”

Allison is the driving force of this company, and acts as an inspiring female role model to all, showing that working hard and persevering leads to success. So, no matter how you choose to spend this special day, make sure you choose to challenge, and choose to commemorate your own and other’s achievements. Praise those important women in your life, as each and every one of them deserves to be celebrated. Together we have the power to change the world!

Happy International Women’s Day!

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We are also holding a virtual Women’s choice event on our website to celebrate IWD, where each of our female staff choose their favourite cheese and wine combination for you to try. Keep an eye out for Teesdale Cheesemakers in our future events!

Love Cheese x

Written By Maddie Bricklebank

Recipe: Summer Salad with Old Winchester

As we head into SLIGHTLY warmer days…

We all start dreaming a little more of spring, summer and lazy, warm evenings. And while salad is not at the top of anyone’s favourite dishes, the sunshine begs for something fresh, crips and tasty.

So, we’ve put together a recipe for the perfect summer salad for you to start practicing in anticipation for BBQ’s, garden get-togethers and summertime lunches.

What you’ll need…

  • 4 Red Beetroot (or mix it up with some golden beetroot too)
  • A chunk of Old Winchester
  • 1 Medium Orange (peeled and segmented)
  • Red Onion
  • Mixed Leaf/ Rocket
  • Mint Leaf
  • Balsamic Glaze
  • Dash of Oil
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Pickle Liquid: 1 Cup Sugar, 1 Cup White Wine Vinegar, 1 Cup Boiled Water
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What to do…

  1. Roast your beetroot until fully cooked. Remove all the skin, cut into similar sized segments to an orange and add to Pickle Liquid.
  2. Leave your beetroot for a minimum of 24 hours to quick pickle.
  3. Peel your orange and separate the segments and place to one side.
  4. Cut the red onion into fine slices and place to one side.
  5. Toss the leaf, mint, oil, salt and pepper into a mixing bowl and ensure that all the leaf is coated.
  6. Add your orange, red onion and beetroot.
  7. Toss the salad and present in a bowl. Dress with balsamic glaze.
  8. Using a cheese shaver, make small twists/ shavings from the Old Winchester. Scatter these shavings over the salad bowl.

And voila! There you have a simple and utterly delicious summer salad. Be sure to share your pictures and tag us in them, so we can see your creations.

Love Cheese x

Cheese…? On Pancakes…? Go on, then!

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The best Tuesday of the year is here!

Yep, Pancake day is here! And as lockdown continues and spring begins to approach, we’re looking for any excuse for a celebration at this point, right? Well, Pancake Day is one of those days and brings us all a little excitement and joy during our 3rd lockdown… and here at Love Cheese we’ve been finding more reason than ever to add cheese to every event in the calendar – because why not?

So, while you may not usually pair cheese with pancakes… Shrove Tuesday in lockdown begs for a pancake breakfast, lunch and dinner. Put the choccy spread aside as we’ve compiled some of our favourite savoury combinations that are sure to leave your mouth watering.

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British Brie and Bacon

Despite originating from France, some of our favourite brie’s are made only four hours away from our shop in York!

Fen Farm, located in Bungay, crafted the silky-smooth Baron Bigod, a buttery brie mixed with bloomy and earthy tones to give it the extra flavour that your typical brie doesn’t have. Combined with salty bacon, this blend of creamy brie and crispy rashers is the perfect balance of textures and flavours for you to enjoy.

For those with a sweet tooth, adding a spoonful of cranberry sauce to your dairy can create that perfect sweet and salty combo you’ve been craving.

Veggies do not fear! There are also some delicious substitutes for you to enjoy that are meat free, but just as tasty. Swap out Baron Bigod with Wigmore, a creamy British brie, boasting sweet and fruity tones, and trade that bacon for some salty nuts such as walnuts or pecans to get that much desired crunch.

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Shaved Goat’s Cheese and Caramelised Onion

For all you goats’ lovers out there, this sweet combo is certain to get your belly rumbling! Ribblesdale mature is the perfect goats’ cheese, with nutty and fruity flavours plus a hint of caramel to top it off. Combined with  a drizzle of sweet caramelised onion, this partnership of smooth and crumbly is the perfect ‘melt in your mouth’ experience giving you the most incredible texture that is essential for a cheesy pancake.

For plating up, we suggest placing the caramelised onions on your pancake first and then topping it off with shaved Ribblesdale Mature for optimal enjoyment and contrast between your flavours. Don’t be afraid to experiment with this! By adding veggies such as tomatoes, peppers, or fried mushrooms to your pancake you can create a whole new taste sensation. You could even include pine nuts to your cheesy treat!

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Ham, Cheese and a sprinkle of Leek

With hard cheeses, there are hundreds of options meaning that sometimes it can often be hard to choose!  To help you decide, we have collected some of our Love Cheese favourites that are perfect for your exploration into the world of savoury pancakes. To intensify the taste of this pancake, we have paired these cheddar cheeses with a slice of smoked ham and a scatter of spring leeks to give this meal a crunch.

  • Doddington 

This cow’scows milk cheese is like a classic cheddar but better. With the texture of a traditional cheddar and scrumptious sweet and nutty undertones, this is the perfect cheese for someone who enjoys cheddar with a twist. Doddington Dairy is also local to Love Cheese, situated in Glendale, a town only 1 hour north from York.

  • Comte

This French cheese will be a favourite for anyone who enjoys a seriously nutty and earthy flavour, which pairs perfectly with a tasty slice of ham. This cheese gets its name from the region it was born in (Franche-Comté) in France, and due to the diverse land that the cows graze on, the unique earthy taste is created.

  • Gruyère Cheese

This cow’s milk cheese is different from the rest. Perfect for someone who enjoys a more floral and fruity flavour with a gorgeous silky texture, ideal for a contrast with a pairing of crunchy spring leeks. Hints of a crunch are created through the crystals withinwithing the cheese that pack an intense flavour to enjoy.

All of these cheeses would be great simply grated into pancake batter for a savoury taste explosion! While we love a good recipe, we can also appreciate that sometimes simple is the way to go.

Sharing is Caring.

However you choose to enjoy your pancakes on Shrove Tuesday we hope it is filled with lots of cheesy goodness.

Make sure to tag us on Instagram or Facebook with the hashtag #LOVECHEESEATHOME  as we’d love to see your creations!

Share with us your own cheesy pancake creations… We want to know what you go for whether its one of these or one of your own recipes.

Make sure you tag us in your photos

Instagram – @LoveCheeseYork

Facebook – Love Cheese

Lots of love,

Love Cheese x

Written by Maddie Bricklebank

‘Cheese’cake at a Wedding? Yes Please!

Here at Love Cheese, we’re more than just a friendly cheese shop and café… we make wedding cakes too! Our ‘cakes’ are of course constructed with our finest cheeses (not the baked, spongy, jammy stuff) and are a unique alternative to the traditional wedding centrepiece – sure to impress the guests!

Here are a few examples of some of our happy couple customers on their wedding days, with their own unique cheese cake creations…

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Click here to read some of their testimonials on our website!

So, what exactly can we offer you for your special day? Well, as you can see, all of our cheese wedding cakes are different. This is because we allow our customers to take the lead in the creative process – offering tasting sessions before you decide on the cheeses to be included in your cake. This session allows you to try up to twenty cheeses, includes a complimentary glass of wine or soft drink and ultimately ensures that you have the perfect selection of cheeses for you and your personal tastes. Again, find out more information on the ‘Weddings’ section of our website.

The feedback we receive about our wedding cheese cakes really does speak for itself. The service we provide ensures that you are fully informed throughout the whole process, from start to finish. We want to make sure that you have most spectacular and most indulgent, cheesy centrepiece possible for your wedding day – something that our feedback proves we deliver on!

These days, a lot of things at weddings can seem cliché or overdone. A tower of deliciously fine cheeses adorned with beautifully decorative pieces sat as the centrepiece at your wedding will most definitely be a unique talking point! And, after all, it’s surely common knowledge that cheese is far superior to cake (or most foods for that matter) anyway…

So, why not make a statement and allow us to provide you with a tower of cheese dreams for your special day.

We can’t think of a better way to kick off married life!

Best wishes,

Love Cheese.

Gin and Cheese – A Summertime Match Made in Heaven

The weather is heating up, the birds are singing, we can feel summer is in the air. What’s missing?

Ah yes, an ice cold gin and tonic, of course!

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At Love Cheese here in York, we have just the thing to whet your gin-loving appetite. Let us introduce you to some of our most mouth-watering gin varieties that we have on offer, along with a few suggestions for the perfect cheeses to pair them with (naturally)…

Firstly, we have the strikingly purple Bramble Berry Gin from the Yorkshire Dales Distillery. This colourful gin is beautifully sweet and smooth, infused with select Yorkshire botanicals. We recommend pairing with our traditionally produced, moist and creamy Richard III Wensleydale, or our Wigmore ewe’s milk soft cheese – a deliciously delicate and fruity brie variety. This selection will certainly take the fancy of those with a sweeter tooth!

If your prefer a more traditional gin variety, our friends at the Yorkshire Dales Distillery have another gem with their Wild Ram Yorkshire Berry London Dry Gin. This gin is strong, smooth, warm and infused with Yorkshire heather flowers and berries. Sip this whilst nibbling on either our subtly tangy and crumbly Swaledale Ewe cheese or our aromatic, herby and nutty Fleur Du Maquis.

Or, you could sample a glass of the exquisite Cooper King Dry Gin. This variety is also bottled in Yorkshire and boasts a pairing of rich juniper notes with juicy citrus and honey. A real treat for the palate, we love to pair this gin with a slice of the firm but buttery Manchego Curado, or the classic, rich and sharp Parmigiano Reggiano.

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We love to pair our gins with a splash of the deliciously refreshing Fentimans Premium Tonic Water – the ideal compliment for premium gins, and best enjoyed within our sun-soaked garden overlooking York Minster…

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Don’t forget we also have a lovely café area inside, just to the back of the shop area. Here’s our favourite cosy corner…

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Whichever way you like your gin, we’re sure to be able to recommend something to suit your tastes here at Love Cheese York.

We hope to see you very soon,

Cheers!

Five Must-Try Cheese and Wine Combos

Here at Love Cheese in York, we know that perhaps one of the most blissful experiences in life is enjoying a perfectly matched combination of fine wine and cheese.

That is why we have put together this sumptuous guide to five wine and cheese pairings we know you won’t want to miss…

  • Pignoletto Frizzante and Wigmore Brie

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The wine of choice here is Pignoletto Frizzante, a refreshing, softly-dry sparkling wine that treats the palate to a more crisp and bright taste than a Prosecco. This summery delight pairs beautifully with our Wigmore ewe’s milk brie – the perfect mellow but sweet apertif cheese!

  • Immacula White and Richard III Wensleydale 

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This fabulous Spanish white wine, Immacula, is expressively fruity with notes of floral and a subtle mineral touch that lingers on the palate. We recommend pairing with our Richard III Wensleydale, a wonderful example from our Yorkshire cheese selection. This cheese is creamy, milky and gently sweet like honey – however, it still has a hint of delicious tartness that is sure to excite the taste-buds.

  • Côtes de Provence Rosé and Bonde Fermière

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This beautifully bottled Côtes de Provence Rosé is as appetising as it looks, composed of light and refreshingly acidic citrus flavours. We love to pair this wine with Bonde Fermière, a soft goat’s cheese that is bursting with a light, fruity and tangy flavouring. We’re feeling summery just looking at this mouth-watering combo!

  • Moscatel de Setúbal and Comte

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This pairing encompasses the delightfully sweet and tangy dessert wine Moscatel de Setúbal with the nutty and earthy flavours of our 18-month-aged Comte hard cheese. Allow your taste-buds to go on a journey here with these incredibly complementary flavour notes.

  • Côtes du Rhone Red and Fourme D’Ambert Blue Cheese

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This Côtes du Rhone red wine is well balanced in terms of acidity and has a wonderfully spicy yet silky smooth flavouring. Our Fourme D’Ambert blue cheese is an ideal match for this wine as it too boasts a deliciously mild and balanced flavour, incorporating earthy undertones with a sweet, lingering creaminess.

Have these fabulous wine and cheese pairings left you craving a taste for yourself? We don’t blame you! At our friendly York shop and cafe, we offer a five wine and five cheese tasting experience that allows you to truly indulge yourself… for just £23 per person! Can’t make it to York? Check out our virtual cheese tasting events to enjoy a similar experience from the comfort of your own home. If that wasn’t a great enough offer already, we are also adding a complimentary, surprise sixth wine and cheese pairing to the experience when you book in with us throughout May, June, July and August!

Call us on 01904 622967 to book or ask Harry for more details, or you can pop into our shop for a face-to-face chat!

Don’t forget that this experience can be enjoyed in the tranquillity of our outdoor seating area as the days get longer and warmer, or inside our lovely cafe (if the British weather is not being so kind).

We can’t wait to hear from you soon!