Yes the party season is upon us and Season’s catering is here to help ease the burden. Indulge yourself in one of our Season’s canapé boxes; with a selection of tasty canapés from rare roast beef in mini Yorkshire puddings to star shaped Thai fish cakes with sweet chilli sauce, these will hit the spot at any Christmas party! Just 48 hours is enough notice to get your order in for that last minute festive addition to your own Christmas do.
Leaving the party hosting to someone else but still fancy a helping hand for the Christmas feast? Seasons To Go is the perfect ingredient for a stress free Christmas day. Leave us to make those niggling extras that always take longer than you wanted; buffet dishes, quiches, or simply some delicious red cabbage and cranberry for that extra zing with your turkey. Or otherwise, let us prepare some festive treats for your Christmas Eve meal and take the strain off having to cook another meal for all of those extended family members you inconveniently forgot were staying. Dish them up one of our festive puddings and they’ll be so impressed they’ll forget it wasn’t you that made it! We’re here to help you have a fantastic Christmas, so why not do it with Seasons.
For those last minute Christmas presents, pop into the cafe for our great selection of wines. With spicy black pepper complimented by juicy ripe black fruits, the Broken Shackle 2010 Classic Red is a great Shiraz to give to any wine lover. Ask one of our assistants to put it in one of our lovely gift bags and you’ve got a dinner favour anyone would be happy to receive.
Or for those of you with slightly more mature taste, why not indulge in a bottle of Barros port, we’ve got a variety of vintages and with 20% off throughout December there’s no reason to miss out! Why not try the 1991 vintage, normally priced at £37.50 but with 20% off you can get your very own bottle for just £30, now that’s what I call drinking in the new year in style! Compliment yours with some Colsten Bassett Stilton found in our very own deli, or to shake things up a bit, why not try this delicious port cocktail, it’s our favourite for dinner parties and Christmas soirees!
Season’s Champagne Velvet
Serves 6
175g blackberries
50g caster sugar, plus 1tbsp
6tbsp Barros port (your choice of vintage)
1 bottle chilled champagne
-Reserve 6 of the blackberries and put to one side for decoration.
-Place the remaining blackberries with 50g caster sugar in a saucepan. Heat gently until the sugar has dissolved then simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until the sauce has thickened slightly and is syrupy.
-Sieve the blackberry syrup over a bowl, gently pressing with the back of a spoon. Discard the fruit pulp. Chill the syrup.
-Place a little of the syrup on a saucer and the remaining caster sugar on another saucer. Dip the rim of each of six champagne glasses first in the blackberry syrup, then in the caster sugar.
-Blend the port with the remaining blackberry syrup and pour a couple of tablespoons into six champagne flutes. Top with chilled champagne.
-Skewer a blackberry with a cocktail stick and place on top of each glass. Serve immediately. Et voila!
Lastly, but by no means least, everyone at Seasons wants to say a big thankyou to June for making the beautiful Christmas bunting that’s hanging in the cafe. Thankyou!
