Lake Erie Creamery ~ Cleveland,OH

3167 Fulton Road
Suite 109
Cleveland, OH 44109-1466

(216) 961-9222




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Who would ever guess there was a small urban creamery tucked in redeveloped building in the city of Cleveland?

Since 2006, husband and wife team, Jerry Onken and Mariann Janosko, have been there, making their artisan cheeses by hand.Their cheeses are sold to local chefs, at farmers markets and at small retail outlets that care for their cheeses the way they would.

Byproducts, such as whey from making the cheeses, go back to area farms to feed Hampshire hogs and pastured poultry that are destined for some of Cleveland's finest restaurants.


Types of Cheeses

FRESH CHÈVRE

 

Hand made fresh each week from goat milk that is gently pasteurized in small batches, this  lightly salted chèvre has a clean flavor with buttery overtones. A delight to serve fresh or use in any goat cheese recipe.

BLOMMA

Blomma is Swedish for flower, a reference to this soft-ripened cheese’s “bloomy rind.” A more assertive goat cheese — creamy and piquant when fully ripe at about six weeks. For those who prefer a milder cheese, the Blomma goes to market at three weeks, with a creamy layer surrounding a firm center.

 

Lake Erie Creamy's  Blomma took the Grand Prize for Dairy in the 2008 Gallo Family Vineyards Gold Medal Awards.

FETA

Greek-style cheese of raw goat milk. The wheels are mild and creamy, aged for 60 days in a lightly salted whey brine.

FROMAGE BLANC

Creamy, unsalted cheese made to order. A whole milk rather than a cream cheese, it makes a flavorful substitute for cream cheeses in dessert recipes.

CAERPHILLY

Caerphilly is a simple cheese, mild and buttery, that originated in Welsh farmhouses as lunch for Welsh and English miners.  Lake Erie Creamy's Caerphilly is made with  raw goat milk, and dipped  in wax and aged for 60 days.

The goat milk they use comes from Saanen diary goats from Cherry Lane Farms in Portage County

(Wikipedia mentions this breed of goat is known for it's calm and mild manner, often described by breeders as "living marshmellows")

Cherry Lane Farm is a working farm and because of health and safety reasons cannot accommodate on-farm visitors.

Lucky Penney Creamery

632 Temple Ave

(Temple Avenue is off of Lake Street north of Downtown Kent)  


 Kent Ohio 44240
 
Creamery Phone (330) 572-7550

Owners: Anderson and Abbe Turner
Lucky Penny Farm
PO Box 254
Garrettsville, Ohio 44231

abbe@luckypennyfarm.com
330-527-0548 farm

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Lucky Penny Creamery specializes in crafting nutritious goat cheeses, produced with only the highest quality Ohio goat milk using no artificial preservatives.

True to artisanal standards,  their goat cheese is crafted by hand in small batches. Our value-added processing facility is an important connector from “farm to table” and an example of entrepreneurial agriculture as well as urban and rural economic development.  

Their goat milk is free of free of antibiotics, pesticides, preservatives and bovine growth hormones (BGH). However, their farm and creamery are not certified as organic.

The goats you will find on their farm are Nubian, La Mancha and Alpine Dairy Goats,  their milk is used to make artisan cheese and produce a delicious caramel sauce, Cajeta.

"We believe in shortening the distance from farm to table and the smart utilization of urban and rural resources to this end. People should have a relationship with the land. Local foods are a pathway for developing and sustaining these healthy relationships.”

"As farmers and friends we will guide the journey from our pastures to your table."

 Farmers Markets
 The Market at Lock 3 is open each Friday through October 15.

Recipes


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Buckeye Grove Farm ~ Beallsville,Ohio

Al and Renae Scheiderer                         
50543 Run Road
Twp. Rd. 141
Beallsville, Ohio 43716-9340

(740)926-1848
buckeyegrovefarm@sbcglobal.net         

Cheese: Handmade in the European tradition, these grassland cheeses are made from unpasteurized whole Jersey milk. These artisanal cheeses were rated outstanding on  the nibble.com web site.
 
Home to Registered Jersey Cattle and Grade “ A ” Raw Milk Cheeses


We are the 5th generation with the same cattle bloodlines. We milk intensive grazed, grassland, registered Jersey cows.  The barns are closed to visitors from November, to mid-April. All animals are bred and
raised on our farm. All of our milk products and facilities are licensed, tested, and inspected by the ODA and USDA, for public safety. We do not sell raw milk, only cheeses made from raw milk.

For more information about our cheeses please visit Buckeye Grove Farm Cheese at
wwwbuckeye grovefarmcheese.com

In the Dayton Area their cheeses can be found at Dorothy Lane Market
Please remember that we are a SMALL FAMILY FARM. Absolutely, no smoking, alcohol, pets or unsupervised children. Don't forget your camera as there is lots of wildlife in the area and breathtaking scenery. Our area is at the top of the US Scenic Roads list and only 20 minutes from the Wayne National Forest and the Ohio River.

We make authentic Farmstead-Artisan Raw Milk Cheese from Grade A Milk from our Registered Jersey Cows right here on our farm in Ohio, which give the richest milk of any breed!

What does that mean?
Raw Milk Cheese- milk not heated prior to coagulation. After coagulation, the curds and whey (which are no longer milk) are cooked to whatever temperature that is required for whichever recipe that is being made.

*Farmstead- cheese made solely from milk produced on the same farm.

*Artisan-cheese produced primarily by hand, in small batches, with particular attention paid to the tradition of the cheesemakers art, using as little mechanization as possible in the production of the cheese.

Very few cheesemakers are both Farmstead and Artisan, and we are proud to be doing both!

Learn more about the cheeses we produce