Fresh from the field

After researching the health benefits of goats’ milk, Sam Steggles set up a cheesemaking business with his wife, Caroline. Their herd of goats graze in the fields surrounding their farm in Honingham, near Norwich, and the milk is used to produce this creamy Norfolk Mardler cheese. The name comes from a Norfolk dialect term, meaning to gossip or chat. Made using vegetarian rennet, and weighing approximately 1.2kg, each waxed Mardler is matured for eight weeks. It is then sold whole or sliced into smaller portions, from 150g to a 600g half cheese. Norfolk Mardler goats’ cheese portion from £3.75, www.fieldingcottage.co.uk