Festive cheeses

Our festive cheeses: truffle, Mont d'Or, long-aged cheeses

For big gatherings, our cheesemongers have brought together the pieces that make a festive table: cheeses that stand out from the everyday and that people look forward to all year.

• Vacherin, also known as Mont d'Or: a soft cow's milk cheese from the Jura, bound in spruce and made only during the cold months. Eat it with a spoon or warm, in its box.
• The long-aged cheeses: raw-milk Beaufort, fruity and floral, and Comté 24-29 months, with a long, crystalline flavour.
• The truffle cheeses: the triple cream with truffle, the Brie with summer truffle, the truffle gouda and the mountain tomme with truffle. The full range is in our truffle cheeses collection.

Putting together a festive cheese board

A fine Christmas cheese board mixes textures: a soft cheese, a truffle cheese, a long-aged cheese, then a sweet accompaniment to refresh the palate. One truffle cheese is enough, served last. For quantities per person, tasting order and wine pairings, follow our guide Christmas cheese: putting together the festive board.

The accompaniments: confits, foie gras and terrines

The fig confit with Port is the classic match for blues and sheep cheeses, and it also goes with foie gras. As for foie gras, the whole duck foie gras is made from whole lobes, and the Flanders foie gras is flavoured with Port. See also our confits for cheese and our artisan terrines and rillettes.

Ordering for the holidays: lead times and vacuum-packed delivery

Our festive cheeses are delivered vacuum-packed (the Vacherin in its box), by refrigerated transport, in 1 to 3 days to Belgium, France and Luxembourg. In December carriers are very busy: order the week before Christmas rather than the last few days, and do the same for New Year. Collection is free from our shops in Ixelles (Boondael or Châtelain).