Beenleigh Blue

A delicately blue sheep’s milk cheese made by Ben Harris at Ticklemore Cheese Dairy in Totnes, Devon. Beenleigh Blue has a lemony sweetness and moist, crumbly texture that belies its Roquefort-inspired recipe.

The milk comes from Tom and Helen Garland at Burton Dairy Farm in nearby Somerset, whose ewes are grazed outside in spring and summer. Ben only takes their milk January to July to make Beenleigh Blue, which sees seasonal variations from being flinty and minerally early season to more rich and robust later in the year.