our cheeses

Cheese making by the Stone family since the 1950's

Ⓥ – suitable for vegetarians.

FULL RANGE

We make Cheese, in Tain

We proudly present you with our unique collection of artisan cheeses: Skinny Crowdie, Black Crowdie, Caboc, Morangie Brie, Highland Brie, Minger, Fat Cow, Blue  Murder, Strathdon Blue and Tain Cheddar. 

Simply enjoy them with a bottle
of wine in the company of friends or try some of our specially created recipes.
With a dash of global inspiration, you can put a cheesy spin on some fine-dining
and home-cooked favourites.

Minger Ⓥ

Pong on the nose; pure pleasure on the palate

Orange annatto washed rind with a deliciously oozy, creamy paste, mildly nutty and lemony, hinting at flavours of the farmyard but becoming decadently pungent and runny when ripe.
A Minger should ming – in a good way!

Available in: 250g
(please note these are average weights)

Fat Cow Ⓥ

On the road to Gruyere; pot-holed like Emmental

Buttery, nutty, sweet and milky with a hint of orchard fruits and dairy cow in the aroma and taste and a smooth waxy texture, this semi-hard cheese has a washed rind, the colour of crusty baguette.

Sitting somewhere between Gruyere and Emmental in appearance and flavour, it is delicious on its own or cooked in dishes you would normally prepare with Swiss cheeses.

Available in:
6kg Wheel | Half Wheel | Quarter Wheel | 250g

(please note these are average weights)

Skinny Crowdie Ⓥ

From bathtub beginnings to culinary delight

Light and creamy with a faint hint of lemon and soft curd texture, Crowdie is the cheese that started the Dairy from the family bathtub. Thought to have Viking origins and an evolution of production through ladies’ stockings and pillowcases, it has graduated to hang in muslin and plastic sacks.

This traditional cheese of the Highland croft has become a versatile, culinary gem – delicious on an oatcake, a pancake, or hot scones with jam, fabulous in pate, savoury and sweet cheesecakes and on its own with fruit and honey.

Available in:
140g x 6 tubs
(please note these are average weights)

Black Crowdie Ⓥ

Packs a peppery punch

 Dense, dry curd cheese rolled in cracked black pepper and springy oatmeal. Gritty and aromatic on the palate with a spicy kick, this little cheese (Gruth Dhu in Gaelic) packs a peppery punch on your oatcakes, hot buttered toast with eggs, or on top of a perfect fillet steak.

Available in:
110g x 6 boxes
| 500g
(please note these are average weights)

Highland Brie Ⓥ

Our wee stocky Highlander

Similar in style to Morangie Brie with a springy, white edible rind and smooth, soft, oozy paste when ripe, Highland Brie is stocky in stature, meaty and mildly earthy with a hint of sweetness from the pasteurized milk of the local dairy cows.

Delicious on a cheese board or on baked bruschetta

Available in:
1kg | 250g | 225g
(please note these are average weights)

 

Morangie Brie Ⓥ

Tranquil by name; tranquil by nature

Edible white rind, rich creamy paste with mild mushroom and grass undertones and a silky texture that melts in your mouth when ripe.

Named after the Glen of Tranquility, this classic-style Brie is a dream on a cheese board or baked in the oven.

Available in:
1kg | 250g | 225g
(please note these are average weights)

Blue Murder Ⓥ

A Blue to die for!

 Mould ripened and meaty with fine threads of blue running through the creamy, white paste, so satisfyingly sweet and velvety that a mouthful can even take non-Blue cheese lovers to heaven!

Easy to enjoy with savoury or sweet, easy to cook with.

Available in: 650g 
(please note these are average weights)

 

Strathdon Blue Ⓥ

Butter cream icing on the nose; voluptuous maturity on the palate

More complex than most Blues with bold cracks and streaks, this creamy, juicy cheese yields to the touch and fills the mouth with a delightfully fudgy texture, finishing on balanced notes of salt and steel. You need nothing more than a simple cracker or chunk of crusty loaf.

Available in:
2.7kg Wheel | Half Wheel | Quarter Wheel | 145g
(please note these are average weights)

SALTED BUTTER

The Best Butter in Tain

Free-roaming dairy cows, fresh sea and mountain air, salty mist rolling in from the coast, sweet milk and thick cream churned into butter – it doesn’t get better than this! Delectably CREAMY, SOFT and SPREADABLE, our salted butter is rolled into a satisfyingly thick log – a noble testament to the quality of our milk and cream. We think it’s the best butter in Tain!

Available in: 150g | 250g

TAIN CHEDDAr

The Best Cheddar in Tain

Nutty and sweet on the palate with a juicy bite and milky texture, this naturally pale Cheddar is cloth bound and traditionally matured for at least a year, giving it a lingering finish punctuated by a hint of fresh sea air.
Undisputedly the best in Tain, this Cheddar is perfect with pickle and crusty bread.

Available in:
16kg | 4kg | 1kg 
(please note these are average weights)

Caboc Ⓥ

A Chieftain’s Cheese with a warning

Washed rind, high butter fat content and rolled in pinhead oatmeal, Caboc has medieval Highland roots in the ‘chieftain’s cheese’ created by Mariota de Ile who took the thick cream from the milk and matured it in barrels, instead of churning it into butter.
We don’t know hether the Chieftain died in battle or from consuming too much Caboc, so this cheese comes with a warning: a little goes a long way!

Available in:
110g x 6 boxes
(please note these are average weights)

Office opening times

Weekdays

9AM – 5PM

Weekends

CLOSED.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE A WORKING FACTORY AND OUR CHEESES CAN ONLY BE PURCHASED FROM THIRD PARTY OUTLETS AT PRESENT.

Contact

Phone

07770 228660

Mailing Address only

Highland Fine Cheeses Ltd
Blarliath Farm
Shore Road, Tain
IV19 1EB