Tales from the Farm

Wootton White is a soft, crumbly ewe's milk salad cheese, made in the style of feta. The perfect cheese for summery recipes and picnic bakes.  This delicious tart is made with our delicious sheep's milk yoghurt, which gives is a fluffier, doughy texture that's perfect for easy slicing when out and about. If you're not local to us (courier's don't like pots of yoghurt) you could use any 'set' yoghurt, like Greek yoghurt.   Ingredients for the pastry 200g Wootton Organic Yoghurt 380g self raising flour 200g soft unsalted butter   Ingredients for the filling 150g Wootton White cheese Handful...

A baked cheese is the perfect date night luxury when served with crusty bread for dipping and a nice glass of red. What makes it even better is how easy and quick it is to make. Ingredients 1 round Wootton Organic Old Burford cheese A few sprigs of rosemary 1 Clove garlic - chopped into shards   Kit Small round cake tin Sharp knife   Method Pre-heat your oven to 200° Pop your whole cheese into a small round cake tin. This just makes sure that if there are any oozie leaks that you can still mop them up and...

Risotto is such good comfort food, but few of us have the time to stand over the stove and stir it continuously as it requires. The answer is a baked risotto. A little prep and then 45 minutes in the oven. It couldn't be simpler and with a delicious mixture of our hard cheeses it couldn't be more delicious. Ingredients 80g  butter  1 Hokkaido Squash (diced into small chunks) 1 large white onion (chopped) 2 cloves garlic (grated) 400g risotto rice 600ml chicken stock (vegetable stock could be used instead) 1 small glass white wine (optional) 50g each of Millstone...

Proper West-Country boys, James and Dave make sheep’s milk cheese on their farm near Shepton Mallet in Somerset. Dave worked for a local agricultural building contractor, whilst his brother James worked on a variety of local farms until the opportunity came up for them both of to return to work on their parents’ farm and start milking sheep in 2000.  More about the farm. For about 45 years our family were mainly farming beef. They slowly built the farm up from about six acres to a viable size. When my brother and I returned to the farm we changed tack a little, brought in...