Lea Harris, Food Writer and Great British Bake Off Contestant, has had a love of food since her father taught her to cook jam tarts at their huge, battered kitchen table when she was four. Half a century later, that passion hasn’t waned; she loves every aspect of cooking, baking and eating – from sourcing local ingredients to trying the more unusual delicacies the world has to offer.
We’re delighted that Lea is indulging her love of quality ingredients with Yester Farm Dairies to bring you a series of recipes using our products
We’d love to see your creations using our products… tag us on social media!
#yestoyester
Ingredients:
200g Self-Raising Flour
Good pinch Salt
4 or 5 twists of Black Pepper
60g Unsalted Butter
10g Snipped Chives
100g Yester Farm Dairies Cottage Cheese
80ml Milk
Grated Cheddar (optional)
Method:
Plop flour, salt and pepper into a bowl and mix.
Rub the butter into the flour until it looks like breadcrumbs.
Stir in the chives then add the cottage cheese and milk.
Working quickly, mix everything together with a knife.
If the dough is a bit sticky, add some more flour; if it is a bit dry, add a touch more milk.
Tip onto a lightly floured worksurface and knead gently until smooth, don’t overwork the dough or your scones will be flat and tough.
Either shape into a round and cut into six wedges or stamp out using a cutter.
Pop onto a floured baking sheet and, if using, top with a little grated cheese.
Slide into a preheated oven (180C/Fan 160C/Gas 5) for about 10-15 minutes.
.These are lovely with cream cheese and smoked salmon or with lashing of cold butter!
Other Savoury Options:
Chopped sundried tomatoes and basil.
Cooked, cooled pancetta and fennel seeds, topped with grated parmesan.
When it’s in season, try wild garlic.
Grated cheddar or other strong cheese
Sweet Options
If you fancy some sweet scones, omit the savoury elements and add a handful of blueberries, grated lemon zest and a tablespoon of caster sugar instead.
Sultanas, dried cherries, dried cranberries with grated orange zest are also good. Serve with whipped cream and jam.
“This has lifted cottage cheese to a new dimension” - Great Taste Awards Judge 2020
Our delicious Cottage Cheese tastes like real cottage cheese should. We have deliberately tried to turn the clock back 50 years, making our cottage cheese in open vats, using traditional techniques to create a truly luxurious tasting product that is both high in protein and low in fat.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Our Cottage Cheese is our signature product made on the McCreery family farm in East Lothian, Scotland. We have reinvented cottage cheese and turned the clock back 50 years before it became a bland, zero-fat diet food. Our cheese is a chunky and creamy cottage cheese hand made in the traditional way in open vats from the freshest pasteurised Scottish cows' milk. It’s an artisan product, not like cottage cheese you have ever tasted before. It has around 6% fat content and is high in protein – the original super food.
Ingredient Declaration
SkimmedMILK, Cream (MILK), Lactic Cultures, Salt, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate).
SUPPLEMENTARY INGREDIENT INFORMATION
Palm Oil
No
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil/Fat
No
GM Protein/DNA
No
ADDITIVES
Product Contains:
Artificial Antioxidants
No
Artificial Colours
No
Artificial Flavour Enhancers
No
Artificial Flavourings
No
Artificial Preservatives
Yes
Artificial Sweeteners
No
DIET SUITABILITY
Suitable for Coeliacs
Yes
Halal Diet
No
Kosher Diet
No
Vegetarian Diet
Suitable for
Vegan Diet
No
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
Each 100g/ml portion contains:
Energy
431 kJ
103 kcal
5%
Fat
6 g
MED
9%
Saturates
5.1 g
HIGH
26%
Sugars
3.6 g
LOW
4%
Salt
0.7 g
MED
12%
of your reference intake.
Typical values per 100g/ml : Energy 103kcal / 431kJ