Christmas embellished with Hawkshead relish.
Christmas might be a little bit different in 2020 so it is reassuring to know that on the lunch table at least, traditional foods will continue to warm and nurture us. Many artisan companies are now selling their Christmas range and there are some superb products on offer. Now more than ever consumers can help support the UK artisan business via online orders. One such company is Hawkshead, renowned for its wide range of products with outstanding taste and quality.
A small, family-run business based in the historic village of Hawkshead in the magnificent Lake District, Hawkshead is an artisan producer of award-winning preserves. They have over 100 relishes, pickles and preserves available to order. They are made in small batches, using traditional methods of production and sourcing mostly local products.
I was sent three relishes to review, the Grande Couture Christmas gift box, which includes Christmas marmalade, fruity cranberry sauce and Christmas chutney. Having tasted these colourful relishes I can vouch for the appropriateness of the Hawkshead slogan, embellish with relish. In their distinctive glass jars, they will look a treat on your table, no need to decant. They will see me through Christmas day from breakfast to the end of a lengthy lunch and into Boxing Day for those terrific sandwiches made with leftovers. On Christmas morning I will start my day with a mug of tea and a slice of toast spread with Christmas marmalade which tastes like a citrus pick me up and has lovely thin slices of lemon and orange peel in every spoonful. The fruity cranberry sauce will take pride of place alongside the goose. The sauce has that perfect level of tartness to cut through the rich flavour of the goose meat. After dessert, I plan to serve a large cheeseboard which we will sit and pick at for hours. Relishes play a crucial support role for the star cheeses and I select my chutney with care. Having tasted the Hawkshead Christmas chutney I need look no further. It is utterly delicious with a beautiful orange glow and is bursting with juicy apricots and the warming notes of coriander and cayenne.
The Grande Couture Christmas gift box (on sale for £22) is not only going to enhance my festive meal but will make a wonderful seasonal present for friends. The relishes are so delicious that I keep helping myself to spoonfuls so I will have to replenish and buy another set for Christmas too. Wise men may offer gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh but this wise woman is presenting a trio of jewel-coloured loveliness this Christmas.
Check the Hawkshead website for more information www.hawskheadrelish.com
And, for Day 3 of our 12 days of Christmas Giveaway series, we have a selection of Christmas relishes for you worth £22 too.
To enter, just complete the rafflecopter as normal, remembering to answer the mandatory question.
Don’t forget to check out day one of our giveaway, where you can win a limited edition hand sanitiser worth £20 and day two, for two splendid bottles of Grand Mayne Wine
oh yum, they all sound lovely but I would choose the Hawkshead Christmas chutney to go with my turkey and all the trimmings
Hs to be cranberry with christmas dinner <3 yum yum
Has to be Christmas chutney for with the main event!
The Christmas chutney
The fruity cranberry sauce, these sound wonderful.
The CHRISTMAS MARMALADE sounds absolutely delicious!
It’s the fruity cranberry sauce for us.
The Christmas Chutney would be the perfect accompaniment to our Christmas cheesboard
The fruity cranberry sauce for me. It is my favourite condiment and I eat it all year round
Cranberry sauce! Turkey dinner isn’t the same without the cranberry sauce!
it has to be the christmas chutney
Cranberry sauce! You cant have turkey without the cranberry!
Fruity Cranberry Sauce
The fruity cranberry sauce
Fruity Cranberry sauce
Cranberry sauce
The Hawkshead Christmas chutney sounds like it would be incredibly delicious
Fruit Cranberry!
It has to be Fruity Cranberry !
Definitely the Fruity Cranberry Sauce. Can’t have Christmas dinner without cranberry sauce!
Fruity cranberry sounds lovely
The Christmas Marmalade is divine,
Christmas chutney
I would love to have thebfurit cramberry on my christmas table this year.
Fruity cranberry sauce
I like my sauce cranberry. Fruity Cranberry.
The cranberry sauce,
Christmas chutney – I love chutney with roast dinners, people think it’s strange!
The cranberry sauce, an essential part of our Christmas dinner.
The Christmas Chutney looks like it would be so versatile for many xmas meals
I love chutney with turkey on Boxing Day
Definitely the Cranberry sauce – we all love it with our stuffing and yorkshire puds!
The christmas chutney sounds amazing
The fruity cranberry sauce with be lovely with the turkey
Christmas marmalade would be good to add to my gin as an added botanical… I believe you can do this with a teaspoon of preserves. What a Christmas Eve that would make
I would love the Christmas chutney
Fruity Cranberry sauce would be amazing!
Christmas Sauce of course.
fruity cranberry sauce
Christmas Chutney sounds lovely x
The Christmas chutney would be perfect for Christmas Eve nibbles
The Fruity Cranberry
Fruity cranberry sauce sounds delicious and I’d love it on my Christmas table
It would have to be fruit cranberry to cut through the richness
The Christmas chutney sounds delicious
Fruity Cranberry would go perfectly with the turkey.
Fruity Cranberry to go with my lovely turkey would be a real treat
Christmas marmalade is lush
The Cranberry sauce sounds great
Ha to be the fruity cranberry sauce sounds like the perfect treat
I would love to try the Christmas Chutney 🙂
Fruity Cranberry sauce for main dinner, and some Damson Jam for later
Definitely the Christmas marmalade!
Fruity Cranberry sauce would be lovely on the table
The Christmas Marmalade
Definitely the fruity cranberry sauce!
I would like to try the Christmas chutney
The Christmas marmalade sounds yum, perfect for a festive breakfast.
The Fruity Cranberry Sauce would be wonderful on the Christmas table.
the christmas marmalade for sure! I bet it is amazing
the christmas marmalade thankyou
The christmas marmalade
The Christmas marmalade
Hawkshead Christmas chutney
The Christmas marmalade
The fruit cranberry sauce
The Christmas marmalade would be a great addition to our table for Christmas morning.
The Christmas chutney. We always have lots of cheese at Christmas and chutney is the perfect accompaniment 😋
The Christmas Marmalade. We never think ahead and get anything special for Christmas breakfast, this would be perfect for it.
The Christmas Marmalade, great start to Christmas Day.
Hawkshead Christmas Chutney with our cold meats Christmas supper.
Cranberry sauce
Christmas Marmalade
Just finished my homemade greengage chutney – so Christmas Chutney is what I need the most.
Cranberry sauce
Fruity Cranberry, delicious with so many things.
WESTMORLAND CHUTNEY is our table favourite, really delicous
Christmas chutney with cheese and biscuits
The fruity cranberry sauce would be very welcome on our Christmas table!
the Fruity Cranberry Sauce would have to be my first choice this year
The Christmas chutney looks fab. Can’t wait to try it.
Definitely the fruity cranberry sauce dinner, lunches and snacks.
The fruity cranberry sauce
Definitely the Fruity Cranberry for me.
The Fruity Cranberry would be the perfect condiment.
The Fruity Cranberry sounds like a Christmas table must have
Christmas marmalade
Christmas Chutney, looks ideal to use with cold meats
Fruity Cranberry Sauce
Fruity cranberry sauce is a must for me
Fruity Cranberry Sauce is a must.
The cranberry sauce
The Christmas marmalade would start the day of right for me.
i never had any Hawkshead to eat but i like to try it some day and well if i did have it i have to go with the cranberry.
Cranberry sauce is a must have on my table.
Fruity cranberry sauce is surely a must to go with the turkey for Christmas lunch
Cranberry sauce
Cranberry sauce is a must!
I would love the marmalade on Christmas morning.
It has to be their fruity cranberry for me
Fruity cranberry
Hawkshead Christmas chutney would be just the thing to go with my Christmas ham
Fruity cranberry
Sticky Toffee Sauce
It would have to be the Fruity Cranberry Sauce!
Cranberry Sauce – We had one for Xmas but have opened it this evening !
The Fruity Cranberry Sauce
It would have to be the Cranberry Sauce!
Fruit cranberry sauce is a must for us
The fruity cranberry sauce would be lovely on the Christmas table.
the Christmas marmalade for brekkie!
I would love the chutney to go with our cheese 😀