06/04/2026
🧀 ‘Dirt Lover’ Dirt lover is a bloomy rind sheep cheese with a light coating of vegetable ash. This Green Dirt Farm original recipe sheep milk cheese is similar to a Selles Sur Cher or Caña de Oveja. Applying ash to the rind of cheeses is an old-world cheese making technique helping to neutralize the pH of the rind, encouraging the desired rind formation. The dark line from the ash makes Dirt Lover a striking addition to a cheese plate. Dirt Lover is a Green Dirt Farm original recipe. It’s one of a very few soft ripened sheep’s milk cheeses made in the US.
Dirt lover tastes buttery, lemony, and mushroomy, and becomes earthy and beefy with age. It smells of wet dirt, like working in the garden.
This cheese pairs well with rosé, wheat beer, and dried apricots. Dirt Lover makes a wonderful salad with citrus quarters, walnuts, fennel, and a simple vinaigrette.
