A Cheesy Heart This Valentine’s Day

The history of Valentine’s Day and its patron saint is shrouded in mystery, but we do know that February has long been a month of romance. St. Valentine’s Day, celebrated every February 14, contains snippets of both Christian and ancient Roman traditions and now all around the world  flowers, chocolates,  gifts and cards are sent to loved ones all in the name of St. Valentine.

However if it was left to us, we’d send cheese – Long Clawson Dairy have produced cheese sweets which are bonbon-sized balls of premium white Stilton and cost £8 per sweet or £32 per box of four. Each cheese bonbon is laced with a secret blend of ingredients including oysters, champagne and strawberries – cheeselicious!

Cheese wedding cake

If you are getting married this February and thinking about having a wedding cheese cake, we’d recommend topping your cake with  the heart-shaped cheese from  Godminster – vintage organic cheddar, in deep red wax. This cheddar is strong, with a creamy rather than crumbly texture & is very, very tasty

Get Tasty This Valentine’s Day with heart-shaped cheese

With Valentines just around the corner we thought we’d let you in on a little secret – most of us would prefer a heart shaped cheese, than a heart shaped box of chocolates – or perhaps both!!

So we thought we’d list a few of our favourites….

Where is the sting in this heart-shaped nettle-wrapped cheese?

Lynher Diary, the home of the Yarg –  a scrumptious semi-hard cheese from Cornwall – makes one of the most visually stunning heart cheeses all wrapped in nettle leaves; as well as having a deliciously creamy taste, the nettle leaves create a natural and entirely edible rind.

Perhaps for the hot lovers the choice might be the heart-shaped cheese from  Godminster – vintage organic cheddar, in deep red wax. This cheddar is strong, with a creamy rather than crumbly texture & is very, very tasty. 

Finally, Coeur de Neufchatel – a beautiful white creamy heart. Normally we stick to British cheeses, but this one is simply delicious – it will enrich any cheese board! Neufchatel is a soft, slightly crumbly. mould ripen cheese made in Normandy. Legend has it that the heart shape is due to young women who wanted to discreetly express their feelings for  the English soldiers during the wars in the Middle Ages…so it is the perfect cheese for Valentines.