Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Festive Cheese ideas

Its nearly Christmas! Here is your Christmas Cheese survival guide.


Classic Christmas Cheese


You cant go wrong with one of these.
Stilton
Brie
Camembert
Cheddar
Black Sticks Blue


Why not spice up one of these classic cheeses with festive condiment on the side


Spice Apple Chutney (no cooking involved takes 15 mins)





BUT if you want to try something a bit more unusual and christmasy;






 A new cheese with all the flavours and memories of 90's Christmas! A wonderful balance of citrus, cranberries, orange and the rich warming orange liqueur - Cointreau. Finished in a striking orange wax finish this cheese makes a stunning addition to your Christmas cheese board YAY!

Its a pretty fit looking cheese...


Follow this link to purchase it from the Cheshire cheese company
OR


Christmas cake cheese - hmmmmm... really!!??






The South Caernarfon Creameries, based in North Wales, claim their new product - that combines brandy, mixed fruit, spices and cheese - tastes surprisingly good and has received a slew of orders from curious consumers. I'm not convinced, mainly because it sounds very weird BUT would be willing to try it and i think it would make a great novelty Christmas stocking filler. one cheese you would not expect on you're board!




If you are pushed for time as we all are at Christmas and don't have time to browse at you're leisure just dash out and buy one of Marks and Spencer's always sell a nice selection of cheeses






Serves 15-20. An impressive collection of cheeses: Farmhouse Red Leicester (150g); Gould's Farmhouse Cheddar (150g); Creamy Lancashire(100g); Blacksticks Blue (150g); Cornish Brie (200g); and Goosnargh Goat's Cheese (130g). Comes with Sweet Tomato and Chilli Chutney (290g) plus oatcakes (300g).



What about a cheese making kit as a present for a Cheese loving friend?


http://www.cheesemaking.co.uk/cgi-bin/web_store.cgi?product=Cheese Making Kits&cart_id=9864764_9653


Christmas Cheese leftovers


An idea to use up left over cheese and booze after Christmas day;


At Christmas you quite often end up with the odd scraps of cheese (and booze) the best way to use them up is to make the unbelievably indulgent French cheese spread called fromage fort which simply involves whizzing up cheese in a food processor with a little white wine, a dash of brandy or grappa and a good grind of black pepper and voilĂ  - a cheese patĂ© you can use to spread on crostini.


YUM!



Merry Cheesy Christmas Everyone!


xxx