Cornish Yarg

Cornish Yarg is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese made in Cornwall, England.

Before being left to mature, the cheese is wrapped in nettle leaves to form an edible, though mouldy, rind.

It is named after Alan and Jenny Gray, enterprising farmers who found a 1615 recipe by Gervase Markham[3] for a nettle-wrapped semi-hard cheese in their attic.

[3] In 1984, the Grays sold the recipe to Michael and Margaret Horrell, farmers wanting to diversify into cheesemaking.

[4] Cornish Yarg is made using pasteurised cow's milk sourced from neighbouring farms.