Katy's White Lavender
from £6.00
Mediterranean salad style cheese made with milk from lovely English ewes
£12.80
This is Yorkshire's version of the traditional Mediterranean salad style cheese and it's been made by Judy Bell and her team in Yorkshire since 1987. A very easy cheese to enjoy on your cheese board, in a salad or in your favourite dish.
Made with whole ewes’ milk, we hand make and hand-salt each cheese to encourage the piquant, lemony flavour and slightly crumbly texture. Matured over a minimum of two weeks, the salt infuses the whole cheese. We then hand-wax each truckle to lock in the fresh flavour and creamy texture and continue to mature on in our cheese stores until ready.
Originally it had another name but we renamed it Yorkshire Fettle in 2008 due to Greece being awarded the PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) for the name Feta. In 2022 it was renamed Mrs Bell's Salad Cheese in memory of our wonderful founder.
This was Judy Bell’s very first cheese, produced first in 1987 and then launched as a product in 1989. It’s won international awards, and was featured on Paul Hollywood's BBC One cooking program, Pies & Puds.
Allergen Information:
Contains SHEEP MILK (pasteurised).
Suitable for vegetarians.
Yorkshire Fettle is a distinctively creamy cheese combining a soft, slightly crumbly texture with a sweet piquant flavour.
Tried this today at Harrogate Fine Food Show ... So good we went straight to the nearest retailer (Fodder, Harrogate) to buy some to take home!
Definitely in stocking it at our Cafe .....
My cousin visited from Yorkshire and, knowing I'm allergic to cow's milk, brought me a half moon of Fettle as a treat. What a find! For the first time I ate and enjoyed this style of cheese with absolutely no reaction except pleasure! Most of the feta cheeses I have tried seem to have undeclared cow's milk which makes me itch for days.
Saw this cheese in Booths in Barrowford. Thought it looked interesting. Bought it and tried it with biscuits. Amazing! A cross between crumbly Lancashire and Feta!
Smooth, creamy with a slight tang. Its less salty than feta cheese. Delightful :)
Superb cheese ,found it at the Yorkshire show,what a find
I bought this gift pack for a friend’s 90th birthday. It was attractively packed and with a good selection of cheeses.
Creamy rich taste.
This was a Gift excellent for all ages. The service was great on time and very fresh, flavour & texture fantastic.
Thank you Shepherds Purse.
Perhaps my favourite of all the Shepherds Purse cheeses.
Love all of the cheeses from the range
Lovely delicious cheeses beautifully packed presented and delivered on time
I love Shepherd’s Purse cheese so much! Northern Blue and Old York are particular favourites. Shame they’re not readily available but ordering is easy and they are delivered well.
Recipient’s very pleased with the gift from Yorkshire
My favourite is Harrogate Blue, which I have previously bought from a local farm shop. Also tried Mrs Bell's Blue and Northern Blue. All delicious and not too strong for blue cheeses. Not tried them in any recipes yet, we are just happy to eat them as they are.
Delicious cheese, one of my saving graces as I can only have buffalo milk based cheese due to intolerances to cows, goats and sheeps milk. This is one creamy delicious blue cheese that is a must to add to the cheese board. I feel like I have traded up now that I have found this compared to cows milk blue cheeses. Keep working your miracles Shepherds Purse Team! One very happy customer 😁.
Excellent cheese, excellent service
Super duper.
Perfect, mellow and so flavoursome. Would recommend to all-not overly strong. We love it.
Lovely tasting, smooth and cuts into good size for crackers.
Never tried this cheese before so was interested to see how it fared compared to others. Love the flavour the texture and am keen to try again