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Boxing Day cheeseboard recommendations please

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MincePieDiet · 15/12/2014 14:47

I need a cheeseboard to serve 8 along with cold meats , salads and leftovers. So far have got crackers, chilli jam and Christmas chutney. It's the cheese in struggling with- both quantity and type. Help please!

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tassisssss · 15/12/2014 16:13

For 8 I'd go with 4 large pieces. Personally I'd do a nice cheddar, a camembert or brie, an applewood smoked and a white stilton with cranberries.

buy expensive oatcakes and serve with grapes.

I finished my chilli jam last night which was spectacularly bad timing, must make some more!

youbethemummylion · 15/12/2014 16:15

You need something blue, Stilton is good or St Agur. No idea on quantity as my family always go way over the top with cheese.

tassisssss · 15/12/2014 16:16

Oh yeah stilton would be good in there too for sure.

brandyandcoke · 15/12/2014 16:29

String cheddar, Camembert, Comte and Shropshire blue - a blue that everyone likes.

Anything with fruit in is going to be crap, sorry.

I would however serve with fruit.

FurryDogMother · 15/12/2014 16:32

Yeah, String Cheddar, Velveeta, and Laughing Cow? Sorry, Brandy :)

brandyandcoke · 15/12/2014 16:33

Strong cheddar, not string. Westcombe perhaps.

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MincePieDiet · 15/12/2014 17:08

Not yet hovercraft. Can you suggest any that would be good.
Thanks for all these cheese suggestions- more welcome!

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WhoKnowsWhereTheMistletoes · 15/12/2014 17:33

Tunworth (Camembert type cheese from Hampshire, very tangy)
Oxford Blue (creamier than Stilton and very tasty)
Cheddar - Davidstow 3 Year Reserve (purple pack from Sainsburys) - strong and crumbly with tiny salty crystals in it.

tassisssss · 15/12/2014 18:56

Guess, it's a matter of taste. I adore chilli jam with cheese. I don't think it's really a much stronger taste than chutney.

TSSDNCOP · 15/12/2014 20:08

I do: expensive cheddar, Brie, Roquefort and Gruyere

I'm having a thing about Ryvita thins: the cracked pepper is fab

Accompaniments: onion marmalade, celery, almonds and grapes

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