You can now add our Christmas cheeses to your orders. They are all dated into next year so perfect if you want to get ahead.

Our Christmas cheeses for you to choose from –

Snowdonia Truffle Trove cheese, which luxuriously combines Italian Black Summer truffles with extra mature Cheddar encased in pure white wax, the cheese has a distinctive earthy aroma and a perfectly balanced flavour, with undertones of wild mushroom and hazelnut leading to notes of garlic, £7.00 150g truckle.

Cricket St Thomas Brie, rich and creamy with a soft edible white rind. A British alternative to the famous French classic, with a notable flavour difference which is the result of its local milk and production process.

Montagnolo a very mild blue and creamy cheese from Germany, It is made with triple cream and has just a hint of blueness in its flavour. The cheese itself is intensely buttery with slight spicy undertones and a hint of salt. It has all of the creaminess of a ripe brie sitting alongside the delicate bite of a blue cheese.

Colston Bassett Stilton is now available approx 250g £9, Colston Bassett Dairy is the home of traditional Stilton, their dairy has been making outstanding cheese for over one hundred years. The farming co-operative which was first established in 1913, is still in operation today. The Dairy developed from the vision of a local doctor, Dr William Windley – and they continue to make their cheese in the traditional way, using milk from local farms – all within 1.5 miles of the dairy in the Vale of Belvoir.

This week both our £25 and £15 boxes include all the ingredients to make our delicious chestnut and lentil soup, we seem to say this every week but this soup is definitely one of our favourites, as daft as it sounds, it tastes like pea and ham soup, but this is definitely vegetarian. Perfect for this time of the year and filling enough for a complete meal. Tasters are available all week in the shop, you can call in and try, before you buy one of our convenient recipe bags which, includes all the ingredients to make this great seasonal winter soup.

This week we have included Rebellion tomatoes in our £25 boxes, these large winter tomatoes are sweet and juicy. They’ve earned their rebellious name with their refusal to grow uniformly smooth. They are also available to add to your £15 box.

Our fruit selection this week includes Bananas and Nadacots for both boxes and the addition of lychees and a charentais melon for the £25 box.

Stuck for gift ideas why not send one of our gift vouchers available for our £25 or £15 boxes. We will email you a voucher then the recipient can redeem in the new year for one of our boxes.

Our £15 (ideal for 2/3 people)

New season French cooked chestnuts (R)

Lentils (R)

Onion (R)

Carrots (R)

Leek (R)

Broccoli 

Cauliflower 

Celery (R)

Bananas

(R) items needed for the recipe

Our £25 box (ideal for a family of 4) contains all of the above in larger quantities plus

Bunched carrot instead of loose

Rebellion tomato

Clementines

Lychees

Charentais melon 

Fresh cranberries have arrived, perfect for freezing ready for Christmas £3.20 for 340g fresh from Wisconsin USA, Cranberries are grown on 21,000 acres across 20 counties in Wisconsin. The sand and peat marshes in central and northern Wisconsin create the perfect growing conditions for them. 

We have a delicious very easy Cranberry sauce recipe which can be made and frozen. Just one more Christmas job out of the way.

Cranberries are not just for cranberry sauce, add to cocktails or champagne, delicious in cakes and muffins, add to apple crumble. 

We will also be making our Cranberry Croissants from next week.

Shin Beef and Red Wine Tortelloni – This special  Tortelloni is filled with slow-cooked ox cheek (a premium and lean cut of beef) marinated in red wine and then slowly braised to ensure the most incredible depth of flavour and melt-in-your-mouth texture.

Spinach & Ricotta Ravioli – Spinach & Ricotta Ravioli is the most traditional and well-known Italian variety of ravioli. The delicious and creamy filling is made from scratch in the La Tua’s London kitchen by cooking whole spinach leaves with a bit of garlic and then adding fresh ricotta cheese and Italian grated cheese. This filling is a firm favourite which is only reflected by the number of awards it’s acquired. We suggest serving up with olive oil and Parmigiano Reggiano or gently coating with a Sage Butter Sauce.

Pumpkin & Ricotta Tortelloni -This filling is made by oven-roasting pumpkin, then add delicate ricotta cheese, Italian grated cheese, and a touch of nutmeg. Try this Pumpkin & Ricotta Tortelloni with Village Sage Butter  and Parmigiano Reggiano for a restaurant-quality dining experience! Suitable for vegetarians. Suitable for freezing.

Beetroot & Ricotta Ravioli -The filling is made with fresh beetroot roasted in the oven and mixed with delicious French goats’ cheese in order to achieve a great balanced taste and recreate a traditional British combination in pasta! It also has an intense burgundy color that comes across the pasta to make an amazing presentation! Try it with simple Oil and Parmigiano Reggiano.  A very simple combination that becomes a real treat! Suitable for Vegetarians.