Our reviewer nkflanders was very impressed 😍👇 aff
With less than two weeks until Christmas Day, supermarket aisles up and down the country are filled with festive treats to tempt everyone's tastebuds.
Well, I now need to make more room in the fridge because Lidl is now most definitely on the 'good list' at my house this Christmas. The cheeseboard to end all cheeseboards I know. For many people Christmas is about turkey and all the trimmings or maybe the mince pies, puds and other sweet treats. But in my house it is all about the cheese, bread and - at a push - chutneys and pickles.Their Deluxe branded French cheeses come in at £3.
But for the ultimate in tabletop wow factor I loved Neufchatel, another cheese that was new to me. With a rind that makes it look a bit like a cross between brie and camembert, the heart-shaped cheese was traditionally given by young women to their suitors at holiday festivals as a way of showing their affection.
Many options are frozen, making them perfect for grabbing out for any impromptu guests and meaning you needn’t worry about over-catering as you can make the call in the moment on how much you need to serve. Away from the oven one of the more unusual options that I especially liked for how stunning it looked on the table was the Deluxe Scottish smoked salmon fillet with a gold dusting. Who doesn't need a bit of bling at Christmas?
Set on a chocolate cookie base, the cottage is filled with layers of white chocolate mousse, salted caramel sauce and white chocolate snowballs, making a decadent and moreish dessert with real wow factor for the price.If you want something a little bit lighter but with the similar show-stopping element, the snowflake dessert comes with a similar warm pouring sauce and at the point the chocolate melts the cake it even divides it into individual portions.
There are also some quirky and unusual versions of the classics - if you're a fan of florentines then the Florentine Festive Tarts are less heavy than mince pies but have a similar flavour with a bit of a nuttier crunch. I tried various wines available at Lidl this Christmas and while the smooth, fruity flavour of the Chateauneuf du Pape was worthy of its prestigious reputation it didn't feel twice as nice as some of Lidl's other full-bodied reds with friendlier price tags.
Ice wine is a kind of dessert wine produced using grapes that have frozen while growing on the vine. The cold means that sugar in the growing grapes doesn't freeze, but water content in the fruit does, making for a more concentrated and sweeter grape juice to develop. What I'm swapping:I've definitely decided I'm not spending more than £6 a bottle on wine this year and, while I'm not sure I'd have been brave enough to make that decision if I hadn't tasted them beforehand, Lidl is the perfect place to stick to that - ice wine aside.
I was given a chance to taste test not just the turkey but also some of the other options available for people bored of the bird, whether they were meat-free eaters or simply looking for something a bit different for Christmas Day. Everything on my mini-tasting plate was delicious. I was particularly surprised by the duck which was moist and flavourful without being fatty and definitely some of the nicest duck I've ever eaten, which is high praise indeed as I'm not usually much of a fan.
I just know I stress enough about Christmas without suddenly finding myself lying in bed at night worrying we're going to end up with a Turducken for ten because I didn't do my shopping in time.
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