Showcasing its range of traditional, mould ripened, blue and washed rind styles of cheese, made in the heart of Scottish cattle country, these new gift boxes will certainly delight any fromage fan looking to expand their cheese horizons northwards this Chirstmas time.
The two smaller boxes allow customers to select three or six cheeses, so they can tailor the Christmas gift to suit the cheese loving recipient, while the largest gift box contains nine styles from Highland Fine Cheeses’ range of. Options include; Crowdie, a traditional fresh Scottish cheese; Minger, an orange annatto soft washed rind cheese; Morange Brie, a tranquil number with an edible white rind and rich creamy paste; and Fat Cow, a semi-hard washed rind cheese.
Completing each Scottish cheese feast is a carefully chosen line-up of pairings and accompaniments, chosen to complement the cheeses, delivering a truly special experience for cheese lovers, packaged up a in a brilliant pink box. Which will all make excellent Christmas gifts for the cheese lovers in your life.
Christmas Cheese Board includes; a choice of any three cheeses; a choice of Monbazillac Grange Neuve 2020 France (50cl) or Leith Pedro Ximenez, Portugal (37.5cl); Gavino Traditional Olive Oil Biscuits (180g); and a choice of Global Harvest Quince (200g), Spiced Apple (200g) or Fig (200g).
Price: £55
Christmas Cheese Party includes; a choice of six cheeses; Urban Park Montresor Rosso Appassimento 2019 (75cl); Gavino Traditional Olive Oil Biscuits (180g); and a choice of Global Harvest Quince (200g), Spiced Apple (200g) or Fig (200g).
Price: £70
Christmas Cheese Feast includes; nine cheeses from the Highland Fine Cheeses range; Krohn Lbv Port 2017, Portugal (75cl); Gavino Traditional Olive Oil Biscuits (180g); Global Harvest Quince (200g), Spiced Apple Mulled (200g) or Fig (200g).
Price: £90
Orders for Christmas delivery can be made online at hf-cheeses.com until Sunday 1 December, and delivery will take place between Monday 9 and Friday 20 December, excluding weekends.
FACTFILE:-
Highland Fine Cheeses
Highland Fine Cheeses is based in Tain, northeast Scotland, and produces a collection of artisan cheeses including Morangie Brie, Minger and Strathdon Blue.
Taking inspiration from around the globe, second generation cheesemaker, Rory Stone remains true to the artisan processes that his parents implemented when Blarliath Farm was a smallholding of just 14 Shorthorn dairy cows, and a randy bull called Geordie.
The Highlands were traditionally referred to as cattle country, with every farm or croft having a house cow, to supplement their diet. After the cream had been ladled off the top of the milk to churn butter, the remaining milk’s cultures would slowly eat the lactose and multiply throughout, souring it by releasing lactic acid.
Eventually the milk would set and form a curd, a bit like yogurt and the curd was scrambled like eggs and hung up in a pillowcase or a muslin to drain the whey. The final addition of salt resulted in Crowdie, a soft fresh cheese, traditional to Scotland.
Highland Fine Cheeses’ story began with the resurrection of Crowdie in the family bathtub, when Rory’s father, Reggie, complained that no-one was producing it anymore, and so his mother, Susannah set about making it. Crowdie is still made by Highland Fine Cheeses, albeit not in the bathtub, alongside its collection of award-winning mould ripened, blue and washed rind style cheeses.
Website: hf-cheeses.com
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