Cheeses for Christmas cheese board recommendations!

[Sadmac]

Please hit me with your idea of the perfect cheese board! I'll be buying the cheeses from a large farm shop/deli so most brands or types should be available. Anything not there, I'll nip into Waitrose.

Cheese me up, people!!

@kebabandchipsplease Thanks, that sounds lovely!

A good kaltbach is delicious. If you like cheddar, black bomber is great (and is stocked in Waitrose)

Love a nice bit of emmantal. Not sure particularly how Christmassy it is but it’s yum

@twoofusburningmatches I've seen Black Bomber for sure - will pick some up! Never heard of Kaltbach. Will Google!

A hard cheese - I like an aged Gruyere
A blue cheese - you can't do better than Stilton, really
A washed rind cheese - I love Stinking Bishop, but this year I have Burwash Rose for a change
A Cheddar, for people who only eat Cheddar
A ripe Camembert or Brie de Meaux

Following.

I had an amazing one from Waitrose a few years ago, it was the size of brie and super runny and stinky but no idea what it was, it was reccomended in The Times and I'd love to pin it down again.

M&S Cornish Cruncher 🤤🤤🤤

Dorset Blue Vinny. It's a corker.

@actiongirl1978 might have been Epoisses. I am obsessed with it.

A Vacherin Mont D'Or is essential - soft, unctuous deliciousness

For blue: Stilton, Barkham Blue or Stichelton

Montgomery Cheddar or an aged Comté for the hard cheese

Ragstone if you like goat

If you like a washed rind, Epoisses or Langres

Wigmore and truffled Brie are also excellent additions

Omg epoisses is amazing.

Agree with inextremis' categories but I would go manchego over gruyère.

I like a bit of Époisses, a washed-rind soft cows-milk cheese, something hard, a Comte or Gruyere maybe, or Ossau -Iraty (ewes milk), and something blue, Stilton, Gorgonzola perhaps.

Another vote for Ossau iraty!

Oooh a good Chaource!!

Reblonchon.

My mouth is watering. How big a cheese board can I get away with for Christmas for 5 people?! 😏

I'd add this to it too - picked it up at M&S today and we've just polished it with some fresh baguette - was amazing - now trying to work out how many jars we can justify for the festive period!

www.ocado.com/products/m-s-coastel-cheddar-pate-with-chutney-566628011

@Belindabelle thanks! I'm out of isolation on Thursday and i will hit up Waitrose then!

Vacherin mont d'or

Truffle Brie

St Agur

Wensleydale & cranberries

Boursin ( for dd1)

Comte or manchego

Awesome thread - I want all the cheese 🧀 Sorry to jump on your thread OP but thank you for asking the question!

Cornish yarg
Doux de montagne
Chaource
Oxford Blue
Wigmore

We’re having a British cheese board this year, mostly local (NE):

An organic blue cheese
Baron Bigod (a brie-style cheese)
A farmhouse Wensleydale
Caddy’s Cave - a hard cheese

Can’t wait to tuck in!

• Cuddy’s Cave

I got a cheese box from Riverford, only have now got Covid and have completely lost my sense of taste and smell. Praying it's back by next weekend as I was so proud of not opening it last weekend

1x Caws Cenarth mature cheddar 200g
1x Caws Cenarth cheddar with leeks 200g
1x High weald brighton blue cheese 150g
1x High weald st giles 150g
1x Seven sisters sheep cheese 125g
1x Cotswold brie 240g
1x Gorwydd caerphilly 200g