Christmas Cheese Recipes & Festive Ideas
Christmas Cheese Recipes & Festive Ideas
Looking for easy Christmas Cheese Recipes to make the most of your festive cheese? Cheese isn't just for the Christmas cheeseboard. From something warm to serve with Christmas drinks to the ultimate Boxing Day toastie, here are three simple and delicious ways to put your festive cheese to very good use.
Festive Smoked Cheese Twists
You'll need:
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- Smoked Cheddar
- 1 beaten egg
- black pepper
Scatter grated Smoked Cheddar over half the pastry, season with black pepper and fold over. Cut into strips, twist and brush with beaten egg.
Bake at 200°C / 180°C fan for 12–15 minutes, until puffed and golden.
Perfect for: Christmas drinks, party platters and making disappear before the guests arrive.
Lancashire Cheese & Chutney Sausage Rolls
You'll need:
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 400g sausage meat
- 100g Tasty Lancashire
- Red Onion Marmalade or Christmas Chutney
- 1 beaten egg
Mix the sausage meat with grated or finely crumbled Tasty Lancashire. Cut the pastry lengthways into two strips and add a thin line of chutney followed by the sausage mixture.
Roll, seal and cut into individual sausage rolls. Brush with beaten egg and bake at 200°C / 180°C fan for around 20–25 minutes, until golden and the sausage meat is thoroughly cooked through.
Serve warm with a little extra chutney.
These Lancashire cheese and chutney sausage rolls are one of our favourite Christmas Cheese Recipes for parties, family get-togethers or simply enjoying warm from the oven.
The Boxing Day Cheese Toastie
No weighing. No complicated recipe. It's Boxing Day.
Butter the outside of two thick slices of bread and spread your favourite chutney or pickle inside.
Pile on whatever Christmas cheese is left in the fridge — Lancashire, Mature Cheddar and Smoked Cheddar all work brilliantly. Add leftover ham or turkey if you fancy it.
Cook slowly in a frying pan until both sides are golden and the cheese in the middle has properly melted.
Our pick: Tasty Lancashire + Christmas Chutney + leftover ham.
Christmas leftovers don't get much better than that.
Whether you're entertaining before Christmas or wondering what to do with the cheese left in the fridge afterwards, these easy Christmas Cheese Recipes are a delicious way to make sure no good cheese goes to waste.