Welcome to Larkton Hall Cheese
fresh as a daisy
We are a small Italian style cheese producer, hand-making cheeses on our farm based in Malpas, Cheshire, nestling in the Bickerton hills on the Sandstone Trail.
We produce two distinct kinds of cheese, Crabtree and Federia.
Our Farm
We have 320 mostly Holstein Friesian cows and they graze outside in the spring and summer months where the Cheshire grass is slightly salted. This adds to the delicious flavour of our cheese.
We focus on milk from forage which is a diet of grass and maize silage all year round.
Our Cheeses
All our cheeses are produced with our own unpasteurised cow’s milk in the traditional copper vats, similar to the way they produce parmesan and alpine cheese to this day in Italy.
Each individual cheese is dipped in brine and is left to mature on wooden boards to form its own natural rind, which is a characteristic of this handmade cheese.
Crabtree
Italian Style Alpine Cheese
This a relatively young, un-pressed cheese.
It’s left to mature for 30-35 days and has a very soft, squidgy texture and a deliciously creamy, well-rounded flavour.
This flavoursome cheese is also available with Oregano, Chilli, Chive, Cumin and Sage.
Federia
Italian Style Alpine Cheese
A firm to hard cheese that’s pressed and left to mature for 5-6 months.
It’s a medium strength cheese with a smooth, nutty flavour with a fruity aroma.
How to Find and Buy our Cheese
We sell our cheese through The Cheese shop in Nantwich.
https://www.cheeseshopnantwich.co.uk/
I also regularly attend farmers markets throughout the Northwest of England, where you can find me manning the cheese stall. Please see Facebook Posts below for details.
We will also shortly be opening an online shop. Please check back soon.
Larkton Hall Farm,
Long Lane,
Hampton Heath,
Malpas,
Cheshire SY14 8LR
Latest Facebook Posts & details of Farmers Markets
All set for a busy weekend,
On Saturday 6th December Rode hall farmers market 9-1.30pm
Tarporley farmers market 9- 1pm
Ellesmere church 10.30-3pm
On Sunday 7th December. Port sunlight 9-4pm
Bollington 11-3pm .
There will be Christmas gift hampers, bags, and Truckles.🧀🧀🧀
This Saturday 29 th November I will be at the Christmas lights switch on in Tarvin until 9pm
On Sunday 30th I will be in my usual spot on Exchange Street Macclesfield 9-3.30. Jane will be at the Malpas Christmas market 10-3.30 pm 🧀🧀🧀
This Saturday 22nd November I will be at West Kirby farmers market with some Christmas flavours in ice cream, along with the Christmas cheese truckles. 9am-12pm 🧀🍦🧀🍦
On Sunday I will be at Manley village hall for the Christmas market .
About Me
I lived in Italy for 17 years where I met my husband who is originally from Nantwich but now farms in Malpas. On arriving back, undecided what to do work-wise, I attended a cheese-making course at Reasheath College where I learned to make English cheese, but I was missing Italian cheese.
I asked my friend, Benny, an Italian cheesemaker if he would come over to teach me how to make the traditional Alpine style Italian cheese. He stayed with me for a month, making cheese with me every day until I got it down to perfection.
He comes back every year to check on me!
