Cheese board ....... What's your favourite?

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I am providing a cheese board as part of Christmas lunch at friends. I would like to put together a wonderful feast of cheese as someone else is cooking and hosting.

Can you tell me your must have's or recommendations.
I will source cheese from an independent or local grocer, but would love to be armed with a list

We're having:

Stichelton
Keens Cheddar
Reypeneer VSOP 2 year old Gouda
Red Wine Farmer
Petit Munster
Kidderton Ash Goat
Truffled Camembert

I also have a sweet almond & fig relish and medlar jelly at the ready. I love cheese so much.

Camembert NOT Brie. Very important.

Oh msrinky please share where you get your truffled Camembert? My local cheese monger has stopped doing it

Pooh I love sloppy, strong Brie, Camembert, Roquefort, a lovely creamy goats and a strong sheeps cheese

Can anyone suggest some delicious, strong, pasteurised cheeses ie suitable for enjoying in pregnancy please?

Got mine from Costco this year, as my independent didn't have any either! I'm sure I've also seen it in Waitrose though.

Delice de Bourgogne...I'm hopefully picking up a whole one on Thursday

Apricot stilton. Not keen on any others, would much rather have dessert.

Sage Derby - it's a traditional Christmas cheese too.

Agree 4-5 good ones rather than lots of little bits.

Thanks again for all the lovely recommendations. Katherineminola I agree, I will get 4-5 decent ones rather than too many little ones. Off to write list from this thread to take cheese shopping. Yum.

I just sampled some Stichleton at my local farmers' market - AMAZING! Basically a raw Stilton (sorry, pregnant people ) I'm going to get half a kilo for Xmas cheese consumption!

An aged Comte is also wonderful - quite like a mature Parmesan.

Never met a cheese I didn't like .

But the irresistible one is the little black bomber.

I'm considering:

Vignotte
Smoked Staffordshire organic
Cornish Yarg
Ramhall Ewe

and another?

I like cheese but don't know a huge amount about it, any comments on the list above?

I've got a bit of a thing for Castello Blue at the moment - it's divine.

good ideas here! All I've thought of so far is some brie & stilton...

Would love to get hold of some smoked blue wensleydale again, twas delicious when MIL brought some back from their holiday to Yorkshire

I love a giant oozy Gorgonzola, white Stilton, goats cheese, Jarlsberg, a sharp cheddar and a something smoked.... But I love all cheese!!

Railwayworker you probably need a fruity or a crumbly to go with those

White Stilton or Wensleydale maybe?

Love a good cheese board.

I think 3 cheeses is usually enough.

personally like;
Cornish yarg
Goats cheese
A flavoursome local cheddar

At this time of year, love a cranberry Wensleydale or apricot Stilton, although husband says the fruit defiles the cheese. He loves a very stinky blue cheese which requires several layers of plastic bags and a pot with a strong lid to keep the smell contained.

Rocquefort. A wee drizzle of honey can really set if off. (On honeymoon I had a pudding that was Roquefort, white chocolate ganache/mousse, black olive powder and honey. Was amazing. )

Vintage cheddar. A really sharp, tangy one.

Caboc. The richest, creamiest double yum ever. Imagine clotted cream was a cheese.

My all time favourite cheese is Oxford Blue.

Manchego. It's wonderful.

Bumping this because it has some good suggestions so seemed silly to start a new thread. Just wondered if anyone had any feedback on appenzeller?

Appenzeller is lovely. I have Swiss family so I say this with authority

Here are the official rules of cheese boards... A proper cheese board must contain:

1. something old
2. something new
3. something goat
4. something blue

(Old and new means hard and soft)

That pretty much covers it!

Thanks Purple is appenzeller anything like anything else? Texture wise or taste wise? I can and will go into the cheese shop and ask for a taste but am enjoying making my list! It looks emmantal like in texture, is that right?

Benleigh blue is delicious!

I'm intrigued about the withdrawn message up thread, imagining someone with a cheeseboard so specific it outed them.

Cheddar with salt crystals in it. Epoisses.

Agree with Caboc.