What are the best biscuits to go with cheese?

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We're hosting Christmas for the first time and I want to do a brilliant cheeseboard for the end of the meal. But if we are having really nice cheeses I feel like we ought to have really good biscuits to go with them. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Also any recommendations for other things to serve with it - I'm going to have grapes and chutney and I've found little miniatures of quince gin

Water biscuits or good quality baguette

I like apple as well as grape and lots of chutneys. Maybe walnuts and fresh figs.

Mmmm.

Needs a VERY long break between the main meal and cheese/biscuits.

Don't worry @Loopytiles, we have a non-conventional Christmas lunch. Turkey is banned for a start. People will definitely be leaving space for cheese

Apples is definitely a good call @Pengionsnpandas, thanks

Tart and sweet apples
Branston pickle
Gherkins
Silverskin onions
Olives

What are those long round ended hand madey looking biscuits, I think they are Italian and always come in a clear tray in a clear bag, because they don’t lie flat stacked against each other?

They look as if they are baked from a very fine milled flour, very smooth.

These fancy naice biccies are yum apricot toasts

Yes to the above. Amazing. There are three flavours. I love them both. Delicious with soft and crumbly cheese.

It's got to be Hovis.

I love the hovis digestive type ones with cheddar, carrs water ones with soft crumbly cheeses.
And the other day in our farm shop I picked up some vegetable crackers on a whim and they were gorgeous!

Rosemary crackers from Sainsbury's and sesame crackers from Morrison's.

I made a lovely peach and lime chutney last year and that was fabulous with cheese.

Bath olivers are lovely.

I am with pps - Carrs water biscuits , larger diameter are indisputably the best choice. & Port . & apple. And my paternal grandfather always liked to have a bit of cheese with his Christmas cake.

Pickled walnut
Membrillo
Crackers from the Fine Cheese Company. They do different ones here but my favourite are the ones with celery seed.

Miller's Toast cranberry and raisin are lovely with good texture. And christmassy. Otherwise as PP said if you're having good cheese you don't want your crackers competing so water crackers/cream crackers etc.

www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/millers-toast-cranberry-raisin/716981-132050-132051

Carr's water biscuits here too, I prefer the small ones though as the big ones can break awkwardly. Also Hovis crackers for a strong cheddar. Peters Yard Sourdough crackers are amazing too.

Although I like flavoured crackers on their own or with butter, I prefer plain with cheese.

I also agree about avoiding Cornish Wafers because of the odd, soft texture.

Caramel biscuits, blue cheese and honey is an amazing combination!

My ideal cheeseboard would be a hard cheese, soft, ewe, goat, blue and smoked. That sounds perfect to me. Something for everyone.

I like oatcakes with most cheeses, especially most ewe and goat ones. I'd also like some kind of sweet preserves with them. I recommend the fruit cheeses from here fruitmagpie.co.uk

Agree there's got to be some oatcakes.

Today I’m subsisting on Carr’s water biscuits, goats cheese and quince jelly. How did I live without quince jelly?

My votes are:
Water biscuits (smaller ones)
Christmas cake

But if your guests won’t be full from a big roast, hunks of fresh baguette with a lovely ripe Camembert and a tiny drizzle of honey.

Or what’s the name of that gooey cheese that just melts at room temperature?

I love a bit of asparagus too.

I love Finncrisp sourdough rye crackers, particularly with soft goat's cheeses. Waitrose also sell really nice melba toasts, and I like their poppyseed crackers for cheddar-type cheeses.

Don't forget you'll want some nice chutney as well. Damn, now I want cheese!

@KnotsInMay could you be thinking of Linguette?

These are delicious and will be especially good at xmas
www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/waitrose-1-fig-plum-cranberry-biscuits/782766-499466-499467

Carr's water biscuit - super size are essential.
Hovis Digestives for the strong cheddar

Another vote for hovis and the aldi ones.

Also some olives jalapeños and some Christmas cake