Orders may arrive +/- 2 days from your preferred delivery date.
Orders may arrive +/- 2 days from your preferred delivery date.
A smooth and well-rounded cheese with a bright, nutty sweetness and rich depth of flavour resulting from the lengthy maturation process and Alpine-like make of the cheese.
Typically only available via our Wholesale and Export Departments.
Pasteurised Cow's MILK, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Animal Rennet, Calcium Chloride
Standard delivery is free to most postcodes in the UK for orders over £39.50. Click here for a list of postcodes where additional delivery charges apply.
For orders under £39.50, standard delivery is £8.00.
Collection from our London shops is free - choose Shop Collection at checkout.
Ponsanooth, Cornwall
Kern means 'round' in Cornish – an apt name for a round (and well-rounded) cheese.
Though produced in the same dairy by the same cheesemakers using some of the same milk as Cornish Yarg, the making of Cornish Kern could not be more different. The milk, all of which comes from the small Ayrshire herd owned by Catherine Mead of Lynher Dairies, is gently heated at low pasteurisation temperature in order to better preserve its flavours. Alpine starter cultures are then added and the curds scalded to further encourage its sweet, nutty qualities. These rich layers of taste are enhanced by the lengthy maturation process: around 16 to 24 months, resulting in a dense and intense cheese not dissimilar in flavour and texture to a Gruyere or a Comté.
We have a longstanding relationship with Lynher Dairies, visiting them in Ponsanooth, near Falmouth, to taste the cheese and provide feedback from our shops and wholesalers.
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