What's Hot This Month at Classic Fine Foods: December Edition

It's Christmas time, which means our festive favourites are back in season! From a variety of fruit and veg to Turkeys and Christmas pastries, at Classic Fine Foods, we have everything you need!

With Classic Harvest by Classic Fine Foods, we want to offer to you the best selection of seasonal and high-quality fruit & vegetables coming from the best farmers in the UK and Europe;

Fruit

December marks the orchard fruit season in Europe. 'Mouneyrac' apples and pears from France are now in their prime. Not forgetting our British favourites, braeburn, cox and russet varieties are also reaching their ultimate ripeness.

'Mon Cheri' clementines from Spain are absolutely fabulous at this time of the year. Other stand out citrus fruits include blood oranges from Italy, leafy clementines along with beautiful lemons and navel oranges from Spain. Other festive treats include lychees, pomegranates and indoor Dutch rhubarb. Everything you need to make your Christmas menus seasonal and delicious!

Vegetables

This month has an abundance of Christmas vegetables staples including brussel sprouts & brussel tops. Other top UK highlights include a wide range of brassica vegetables such as cauliflowers, cabbages, kales, purple sprouting broccoli and romanesco.

Outside of Britain, the Spanish season for aubergine, broccoli, peppers and tomatoes is also in full swing. Italian Cime de Rape and Puntarelle are both popular seasonal choices for winter salads at this time of year. During this festive period, we cannot forget the nuts that are in season, most notably chestnuts and walnuts.

Christmas selection at Classic Fine Foods

The festive season is upon us! At Classic Fine Foods, we have carefully selected a wonderful range of premium Christmas products that are sure to make your holiday season extra special.

At Christmas, no dining table is complete without a delicious roast meat joint centerpiece. With our range of Mieral Free Range Turkeys, Chickens, Duck and Quinea Fowl, your Christmas show stopper is sorted!

And for dessert we have the British classics: mince pies and Tiptree Christmas puddings as well as authentic Italian panettones from Pisti. Whether you want a traditional Italian panettone or a more contemporary flavour such as dark chocolate and pistachio cream, your guests are sure to enjoy this decadent treat.

To make your own festive creations, Classic Fine Foods offers a large variety of PCB Creation Christmas decorations and Silikomart moulds, to let your creativity run wild! From festive transfer sheets to 'Merry Christmas' and 'Happy New Year' chocolate decorations, PCB Creation has everything you need to create wonderful and elegant seasonal desserts and bonbons.

Silikomart also has you covered with their extensive selection of top range silicone moulds. From Rudolph moulds to Winter Village moulds, your dessert creations are bound to bring festive cheer to your customers!

No Christmas feast is complete without chocolate! Browse our range of refined and delicious French Valrhona chocolate gift boxes and bonbons, perfect for any chocolate connoisseur. From spirit of Christmas chocolate bonbons to Kalingo hot chocolate mix to festive inspired chocolate boxes, your after Christmas dinner treats are sorted!

And lastly, we cannot forget Valrhona's Christmas advent calendar to help you count down to the big day!

Wanting some festive inspiration? Check out Ponthier's recipe for Chocolate and Alphonso Mango Christmas log here.