Your perfect cheese board

[takethattime]

So, I am doing the cheese board course in the evening for 8 people in the evening. After they've all spent the day in their own homes etc.

Can I ask what your favourites are?

Obviously cheese and I will add crackers, grapes and some onion marmalade but what else? I'll also serve port.

Oh and ideally you must offer port with the cheese if this is a Christmassy evening affair.

@irregularegular

Any cheese that is flavoured or that has bits of fruit in is strictly banned. Pure cheese only.

Totally agree! I like my cheese and fruit separate - harrumph! But on the same cheeseboard. Just not all mixed up.

Soft cheese

Driftwood Goat and Delice de Bourgogne (we had it at our wedding and it was incredibly popular)

www.thecheesesociety.co.uk/product/driftwood-goats-cheese/

www.thecheesesociety.co.uk/product/delice-de-bourgogne/

Blue cheese

Montagnolo and Fourme D'Ambert are fabulous

www.thecheesesociety.co.uk/product/montagnolo-affine/

www.thecheesesociety.co.uk/product/fourme-dambert-aoc/

Hard cheese

Red Storm is the best cheddar I've had in ages and I love good manchego

www.snowdoniacheese.co.uk/product/red-storm/

www.thecheesesociety.co.uk/product/manchego-pdo/

Crumbly cheese

Mrs Kirkhams and Ticklemore goat

www.thecheesesociety.co.uk/product/mrs-kirkhams-traditional-lancashire/

www.thecheesesociety.co.uk/product/ticklemore/

This is my fantasy cheese board. I enjoyed putting this list together a wee bit too much!

I love white stilton with apricots and Wensleydale with cranberries. Not a big cheese eater but they make Christmas for me

Vignotte
Kaltbach creamy

Plus others of course, both I do like those.

A variety of crackers, salted butter, grapes, celery, apple. Chutney for others though I won't be eating it.

Brilliant thread. Just starting to think about a Christmas cheeseboard.

I’d got as far as roquefort, ossau iraty and grapes and there is some great inspiration here.

We’re big cheese fans so usually get a lot over Christmas as the cheeseboard gets many outings. Currently thinking:
Hard - Good mature cheddar, Kirkham’s Lancashire, Appleby’s Cheshire, something French (Comte, Gruyere or Etivaz)
Soft - Brie, Truffled Brillat-Savarin, Tunworth, St Cera
Blue - Gorgonzola Piccante or Roquefort, Forme D’Ambert (plus Colston Basset Stilton if the traditionalists insist)
Goat - Sinodun Hill, Tomme de Chambrouze, Petit Blaja
Sheep - St James

I love a good baked cheese with crusty bread on a cheese board. I like port but would probably also drink a dry white wine as the evening went on.

@DeJaDont

Baron brigod for my soft white. Kick ass cheddar. Black sticks blue. Wensleydale with fig. A nice sweet sheeps cheese possibly. Stilton. A herby smooth spreadable.

Some cured meats. Sopressata, prosciutto, chorizo.

Olives, grapes, pickled walnuts, fresh figs.

Excellent quality crackers,3-5 types. I like a plain cream, a salt and pepper, seeded, wholewheat and a digestive or thin.

Some chutney, chipotle spiced honey, aioli spread.

I absolutely love cheese all year round but at Christmas is extra awesome. I eat about 4lb of cheese on my own in December. I also love an amazing baking cambert with lots of denials bread and things to dip.

I love black sticks blue but every time talk about it everyone is never heard of it.

A good strong hard cheddar, one or two soft cheeses brie, camembert, Philadelphia etc , Aldi do a couple of nice roullards with herbs, pepper or pineapple , they are only small but inexpensive and add a bit of colour too . .

I don't like crumbly cheese or any with fruit in .
I would like
Grapes
Apple
Strong pickles
Very thin sliced red onion
Branston
Chutney ( can't recall the name of my fav )
A mixture of crackers
Plain crisps
Marmite flat bread
@takethattime
If you PM me your address I will come round and sample your cheeses and port to ensure they are all served at the correct temp.

@takethattime

Thanks again.

Would you slice the pears thinly or do chunks?

Still time to pickle them! Sweet spiced pickled pears are amazing with cheese.