Five delicious cheese canapés for your Christmas and New Year's Eve gatherings and no cooking required! Spare the oven for the Christmas dinner - simply slice and stack the artisan cheese and accompaniments to create these festive combinations.
Christmas Fruit Cake & Cheese Slices
The extra-buttery Kirkhams Lancashire cheese pairs beautifully with our figgy Fruit Cake for Cheese. Enjoy with a good old cup of tea, or a glass of English Sparkling for an evening event.
Makes 23 Canapés (with cheese to spare)
250g Lancashire Kirkham Cheese
Festive Stilton & Fig Canapés
It simply wouldn’t be Christmas without a slice of Paxton’s Stilton. Did you know that Paxton & Whitfield was one of the first cheesemongers in London to sell Stilton cheese?
These simple Stilton canapés feature a triangle of Stilton topped with an individual fig from our Fig Ball – presented on Apricot & Date Toasts. Pair with a glass of Tawny Port.
Makes 16 Canapés (with cheese to spare)
250g Paxton’s Stilton
1 x Fig Ball
Paxton & Whitfield Apricot & Date Toasts
Parmigiano Reggiano & Acacia Honey Biscuits
The pairing of honey and cheese dates back to Roman times and we love enjoying our 24-month matured Parmigiano Reggiano in this way. Beautifully paired with a glass of Champagne.
Makes 16 Canapés (with cheese to spare)
250g Parmigiano Reggiano
1 x Paxton & Whitfield Acacia Honey
1 x Box Farmhouse Butter Artisan Biscuits for Cheese
Bath Soft & Chive Christmas Parcels
The unique square shape of Bath Soft is perfect to create these chive-wrapped Christmas parcels with no cheese wastage. Enjoy a West Country Cider with these West Country cheese canapés.
Makes 12 Canapés
1 X Bath Soft Cheese
1 x Box Paxton & Whitfield Cheddar & Mustard Cheese Nibbles
Handful of Fresh Chives and Pomegranate Seeds.
Goats’ Cheese & Beetroot Baubles
The colour combination in these goats’ cheese baubles make for an attractive festive platter. A classic wine match would be a chilled Sauvignon Blanc.
Makes 10 Canapés
1 x Driftwood
1 x Jar Paxton & Whitfield Beetroot & Horseradish Chutney
1 x box Paxton & Whitfield Charcoal Artisan Biscuits for Cheese
