Last Updated on November 11, 2021
Slate Cheese Board for Christmas
Christmas is a time of indulgence… a genuinely good excuse to eat drink and be merry. No doubt many of us will be entertaining family and friends over the festive period and are already beginning to think about the extensive shopping list needed in the preparation for the vast spread of food. Will it be turkey, goose or a nut roast? Christmas pudding or a yule log?
In my household there’s always a cheese board, it’s the perfect end to Christmas lunch ideally with a glass of port, it also makes a great addition to a Boxing Day buffet, or perfect for grazing on over the festive period…. cheese is as synonymous with Christmas as mince pies or cranberry sauce.
In all the rush, it can be tempting to succumb to the pre-packed supermarket selection boxes of cheese, but just it’s not the same and I think it’s well worth getting some seriously delicious cheeses. British cheeses are really making their mark and Slate Cheese have a wonderful selection of local artisan East Anglian cheeses which have been scooping up awards.
I received a delicious East Anglian Cheese Deluxe Trio with a packet of Peter Yard Original sourdough crackers.
Baron Bigod – Who needs French cheeses when they taste as good a this….Baron Bigod is a multi-award-winning soft brie-style cheese made to a traditional French recipe. Jonny and Dulcie use the raw rich cow’s milk from their Montbéliarde cows at Fen Farm Dairy near Bungay, Suffolk to make this deliciously rich and creamy cheese with a yoghurt acidity and aromas of earth and mushrooms.
Norfolk Dapple – No cheese board is complete without a hard cheddar; this one is particularly good. Norfolk Dapple is a cheddar-style cheese made by Ferndale Cheeses in Norfolk. Maker by Arthur Betts who uses unpasteurised cow’s milk from a herd of pedigree Holstein-Friesians. He creates this rich, round cheese that has a hint of nuttiness by using traditional cheddaring methods. Its namesake develops on the truckles’ cloth while it matures for between five and eight months.
Bingham Blue – No Christmas would be complete without a blue cheese; this award-winning full-flavoured blue cheese is handmade by Catherine Temple at Copys Green Farm in Wighton and is the pride of Norfolk. Catherine adds spores of Penicillium Roqueforti to make it blue. It has a lovely creamy texture with a wonderful bite and a sweet tang.
There is so much food over Christmas that it’s nice to keep your cheeseboard tasty and simple, 3-4 cheeses are perfect. Serve your cheese with crackers and traditional accompaniments such as grapes and figs and a good pickle, but above all, enjoy!
You can order Slate Cheese and more online direct from their shop in Aldeburgh, stress-free enabling you to choose the right cheeses for you and your family and get them delivered fresh and chilled directly to your door in time for the busy festive season.
And, if you fancy your luck, why not enter our Giveaway, for your chance to win the trio of cheeses that I’ve reviewed.
Sicilian Artichoke Hearts in Extra Virgin because I am a fan of Artichoke Hearts and I would be interested to discover whether they are as good as my usual brand.
I’d like to try the Lincolnshire red
Family cheese selection, good variety & sooo versatile!
Do you mean the Slate Cheese website? If so, I’d like to try Suffolk Blue as I like this kind of cheese and haven’t tried this one. If you mean the Seggianon website, then the Lunaio EVOO, as I always like to try different quality EVOOs.
I’ve really want to try the Snowdonia Black Bomber, I love a strong cheese and I’ve heard this is amazing.
I would love to try a Sicilian Wild Thyme Raw Honey, as it sounds wonderful. Did you mean Seggiano shop, or is it a mistake in the question, as the post is about Slate cheese? From the Slate shop, I would love to try Norfolk White Lady, as I love brie-type cheeses, and love the name too.
The Parmesan Handmade Flatbreads sound absolutely gorgeous!
I think the chestnut panettone would go well with some blue cheese. 🙂
Rich Chocolate Panettone as I love chocolate
The chocolate cherry figs look sensational!
I’d love the family cheese selection as we always eat lots at Christmas time 🙂
Classic Panettone
Would love to try the family cheese selection as I like a variety and with a selection it should please everyone
Slate Pickle, Chilli Jam & Chutney Trio
I would go for the fondue cheese selection – it’s been ages since I’ve had a fondue and it feels festive and reminds me of snowy Alpine mountains
Snowdonia Black bomb
The goats cheese selection sounds lovely and something a little bit different.
Rich Chocolate Panettone sounds amazing!
I like their Conserves Selection. This would make a great gift for my dad to enjoy
I would love to try the Limoncello Panettone
I love cheese and this sounds amazing
So many good things it is hard to choose just one. I think I would go for the Tuscan biscuit selection, so yummy dipped in hot chocolate.
Mmm licking my lips for the Limoncello Panettone! Sounds delicious
the Snowdonia Black Bomber sounds amazing
I’ve always wanted to try the Snowdonia Black Bomber, I do love a strong cheese
The Premium Hamper would be nice this Christmas.
The chestnut panattone, it sounds like a combination of some of my favourite Christmassy things!
Rich Chocolate Panettone sounds delicious
Sea salt and chocolate biscuits
Baron Bigod looks good.
Seggiano baked fig roll sounds AMAZING!
The chocolate cherry figs look amazing!
The Limoncello Panettone sounds amazing, panettone has always been a family favourite but I have never tried a lemon one x
To satisfy my chocolate cravings I’d love to try the Rich Chocolate Panettone as it sounds so delicious
The baked fig roll.
The Cornish yarg sounds lovely with the citrus.
The Family Lunch Cheese Selection
Seggiano baked fig roll, something I’ve never tried before
I would like to try the fig jam with cheese and crackers
The classic panetonne sounds delicious
The chestnut raw honey
Seggiano baked fig roll.
Such a great variety
Really nice selection of artisan cheeses would be lovely to win !
Hello, the widget says to look at nother site but I’ve gone onto Slate. I really fancy trying the Brebis Napoleon cheese.
I love their olive oil but have not yet tried the honey would love to try the chestnut raw honey
I would love to try the Seggiano baked fig roll. I do love the taste of figs and this is unusual and I like unusual haha.
I’d like to try St Jude – I can imagine baking it, drizzled with honey and thyme, and dunking chunks of crusty bread in it
Organic Crunchy Hazelnut Cacao Spread I love chocolate spread and having a crunch to it sounds amazing
Oops I thought the comment related to Slates cheese as commented; if it’s Seggianos the Sicilian Wild Carrot Raw Honey
I like the sound of Cornish Yarg, literally! Sounds lovely (a nettle-wrapped cheese with a fresh, lemony flavour and a delicate mushroom taste) but is also fun to say!
LOVE to receive the family lunch cheese selection……wouldn’t last long in our house!
My choice would be the family lunch cheese selection – can never resist some good cheese.
Would love to try the Organic Garlic Oil. Would be perfect for making the dressing for the salad on Boxing Day
I’d love to share a few of the Tuscan biscuit selection over tea.
I’d love to try their pesto selection to liven up my cooking a little.
linomcello panatone
From the Seggiano site I’d love to try the organic flavoured oil selection as I haven’t tried flavoured oils before. As the competition is a Slate Cheese competition I would love to try the Deluxe East Anglian cheese selection as I don’t recall tasting specifically East Anglian cheese before.
the sicilian grapefruit jam sounds delicious
The Double Chocolate Cantuccini Biscuits sound delicious
Hmmm … the Rafflecopter widget still says the Seggiano site, when today’s prize is from Slate Cheese. I assume you mean which Slate Cheese readers would most like to try? In my case, a Boxing Day cheeseboard (I never have room after Xmas dinner, so the cheeseboard is always for Boxing Day) has to have the cheese from where I was born and raised, so Mature Lancashire is the one I’d pick.
Figs are a special treat for me, so I’d go for the fig ball.
yum
The limoncello panettone sounds lovely! Never heard of something like this before!
Love a selection of cheeses at Christmas !
mmm family lunch cheese collection
I love cheese!
I would love to try the Fig and Walnut Panforte, sounds amazing and I have never seen this advertised anywhere else. Ive had the traditional panettone and it was amazing.
The fig jam on the Seggiano site sounds incredible. And I’d love to try the Appleby Cheshire from the Slate Cheese site.
Appleby’s Cheshire, it looks delicious.
The Family Lunch Cheese Selection sounds amazing
Limoncello Panettone – it sounds delicious – two of my favourite things together!
All sound yummy.
I just love cheese.
The chestnut panettone would be great to share with famil
The Limoncello Panettone x
Family Lunch Cheese Selection sounds good
I love Limoncello so it has to be the Limoncello Panettone
The Family Lunch Cheese Selection would bring a smile to everyone’s face
Sounds wonderful – looking forward to trying these
the parmesan handmade flatbreads,these would be great for dipping
The Family Lunch Cheese Selection sounds lovely
id love to try Oven Roasted Cherry Tomatoes in EVOO , they sound delicious and i use sun dried tomatoes a lot but have never tasted the cherry ones so will be a lovely treat
From the Seggiano site I would like to try the Limoncello Panettone.
From the Slate Cheese site I would like to try the East Anglian Cheese and Wine Selection.
I really do love cheese, I would like to try the Godminster Vintage Organic Cheddar
Cheese is my biggest weakness
I would love to try the Fig Jam Conserve. I love figs and this conserve sounds wonderful to partner with cheese over Christmas.
Have to admit I prefer Boxing Day pickings over Christmas Day roast dinner. Lots of nibbles to pick at through the day so you don’t feel bloated and end up in a roast coma for the rest of the afternoon.
Chestnut Panettone
i want to try some of their Aged Comté – ive only recently discovered it and it amazing!
I’d like to try the Applesby Cheshire because it sounds delicious and would be a real treat!
I’d like to try the Ashcombe from Gloucestershire because I have never tried it and it sounds so delicious!
From the Seggiano site I would love to try the Baked Fig Ball, it’s just something unusual that would be a talking point. From the Slate cheeste site I would love to try the Cornish Yarg, just because I’ve never heard of it before and it sounds fun.
Very curious to try the Baron Bigod.
I would love to try the Norfolk Mardler also you can get cheese wedding cakes?! How fun!
would be great for boxing day tea when you have the family round.
I’d like to try the goats cheese selection because I’ve never had goats cheese
The Tuscan Biscuit Selection sounds good and the Organic Oil and Vinegar Gift Box too. Would make a lovely present for a food lover.
I’d love to try the Applesby Cheshire, I really like a good crumbly cheese
The Parmesan flatbreads, they remind me so much of our last holiday to Sardinia which seems an age ago now. Hopefully not too long for the next one.
These all look amazing but I’d particularly like to try the Lincolnshire red.
Great gift for my dad!
Family cheese selection looks lush
My brother in law would be buzzing if I got this out on Christmas day. Would be a perfect end to the evening
The Limoncello Panettone sounds really lovely and something a bit different this Christmas
It sounds scrumptious and so good to have with a festive feast. Someone advised me to give my son cheese in order to safeguard his teeth – something about it neutralizing acid. I don’t know how scientific this information was but I did it – easy as we both love cheese and he has unusually good teeth.
Amaretti Soft Almond Biscuits because I adore almonds
Grapefruit Jam Conserve looks unusual and tasty
The Sicilian Artichoke Hearts in EVOO would be my choice. I would want a whole case, though. I would be happy to eat a jar of artichokes just about any time.
The East Anglia cheese selection sounds lovely I’m in a muddle on what food to Comment on as this is a cheese giveaway
the family cheese selection is my preference
The Limoncello Panettone would be perfect to share with guests over the festive period
I’d love to try their Panbriacone, as it’s something I’ve never seen before
So many delicious items but the Chestnut Panettone would be right up there if we are selecting from Seggiano as the question asks. If we should be selecting from Slate then it would be Norfolk White Lady as brie is very popular in this house.
I’d like to try the Seggiano Black Kale Pesto or the Wild Fennel Tomato Pesto.
I’d try the pesto selection because it looks like they have some interesting flavour combinations.
I’d like to try Family lunch cheese selection
Norfolk Mardler sounds good
A cheeseboard is my most favourite food at christmas! Keeping my fingers crossed!! x
The Family Lunch Cheese Selection sounds lovely, it would be perfect with crackers on a cheeseboard when we have family visiting over Christmas
I just love cheese.
The East Anglian Cheese selection sounds wonderful, a truly delicious cheese board.