The Great European Hamper holds 8 items drawn from France, Italy, Spain and Portugal: 2 cheese, 1 charcuterie, 2 conservas, 1 oils and vinegars, 1 pasta and 1 sweet things, packed in a medium matte-black gift box.

A second cheese

A wedge of Comte joins the Camembert, which is the point at which a cheeseboard stops being a sample and starts being a board – one soft and bloomy, one hard and nutty. Fried Marcona almonds from Ibendra are what you eat while the cheese comes up to room temperature.

Four countries, one table

We import most of what is in this hamper ourselves, direct from the producers: Charles Antona in Corsica, Clos Saint Sozy in the Lot, Hedene honey, Acetaia Castelli in Modena, Cirulli and D’Olia olive oil, La Cerqua truffles in Umbria, Donna Itriya pasta in Puglia, Conservas Virto in Navarra and Ecoleus in Rioja. Buying direct is why a hamper like this can carry PDO and DOP products at this price. You can read how those protected designations work at the European Commission.

Packing and delivery

We pack this hamper in a medium matte-black gift box with a printed ivory-cream sleeve. Cheese and charcuterie travel chilled and keep well on arrival. We deliver across mainland UK and can send straight to the recipient with a handwritten card. See the rest of the range on our European food hampers page.

Serving suggestion

Bring the cheese out of the fridge half an hour before you serve it and cut it open rather than slicing it thin. Fan the cured meat on a board. Leave the conservas in their tins, which is how they are eaten across southern Europe. Keep the sweet things apart from the cheese, except the quince paste, which belongs with it.