Welcome to Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses, home of Blacksticks Blue and the very best speciality farmhouse cheeses. Please take a wander down “Blacksticks Lane” and discover the real stories behind Butlers and our passion for the cheeses that we make entirely by hand on our farm at Wilson Fields in rural Lancashire. You can buy our cheeses in many specialist cheese shops and supermarkets or on-line by scrolling to the bottom of this page and clicking on the "Farm Shop". We hope you enjoy your visit.
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Butlers solves Brtiain’s fondue fail
Price comparison website PriceRunner today announced that the fondue set is the most common product to languish at the back of a cupboard, however our Fondue for Two makes this costly kit redundant. Featuring two mini ramekins of Tasty Lancashire …
Blacksticks Blue has Unami
We recently received an email from Ginkos Sushi which really caught our attention as it detailed how they had made Blacksticks Blue sushi – which is apparently delicious! So if you’re looking for an alternative way to enjoy your favourite …
Leek & goat’s cheese gratin
The Times’ Lindsey Bareham has used our award winning Inglewhite Sweet and Nutty goat’s cheese to make a “deliciously comforting” leek and goat’s cheese gratin, perfect for this cold and wet week we’re having. If you fancy trying the recipe …
A tasty recipe for April…
We always love hearing what our customers create with our cheeses. Well today we came across this delicious recipe from Well Seasoned for wild garlic and Lancashire cheese scones. For 6-8 scones Ingredients Pre-heat oven to 175°C 250g plain flour …
Butlers Latest Arrivals
It might not feel like it weather wise but Spring has certainly sprung on our farms and we have some very cute new arrivals to prove it, as you can see from the pictures below.
Spring is in the air…and snow is on the ground!
Well, as half-expected by the cynical (realistic?) amongst us, our mini heatwave has given way to a swathe of snow across much of the country just in time for the Easter weekend. So we can live up to our national …
Picnic Essentials
Summer seems to have arrived early – at least for the moment! So why not make the most of it and dust off your picnic basket, head down to the beach, park or just the back-garden and tuck into some …
The top 5 cheese accessories
Like every well dressed woman would agree, an outfit is nothing without its accessories. This philosophy extends to food; a cake sparkles on a stand, a casserole excels in a creuset and a perfectly cooked steak requires the precision of …
Celebrate British Pie Week in true local style!
It’s British Pie Week and here at Butlers Cheeses we love nothing more than a delicious pie stuffed to brim with locally produced ingredients and it seems we are not alone. Lancashire son and Michelin-starred chef Marcus Wareing says his …
The perfect Welsh rarebit
To celebrate St David’s Day we wanted to post the classic Welsh dish….rarebit! Below is Felicity Cloake’s recipe for creating it perfectly – courtesy of The Guardian. Ingredients 1 tsp English mustard powder 3 tbsp stout 30g butter Worcester sauce, …
Cheese & Chips
This week is National Chip Week, which celebrates everything good about the humble fried potato.
A Cheesy Pancake for Shrove Tuesday
With today being Shrove Tuesday, we thought we had better offer you a cheesy alternative to the traditional lemon and sugar filled pancakes! So take a look at this recipe by James Martin for the delicious squash, goat’s cheese and …