Savour the taste of a classic Christmas with Lurpak

Don't let the traditional taste of Christmas become a thing of the past. LURPAK, the nation's favourite butter, has all the solutions to make this Christmas a truly memorable occasion.

Capture the real sense of Christmas and enjoy some traditional family festivities. Ditch the DVD's, pull the plug on the Playstation and instead roll out the board games, deck the house with holly and mull the wine.

It's time to relax and tempt your friends and family with only the very best. With the help of LURPAK butter, renowned for its unbeatable taste and quality, you can recreate a truly Classic Christmas.

First introduced in the UK over 100 years ago, LURPAK Classic block butter is available in both slightly salted and unsalted varieties.

There are 1001 ways to enjoy LURPAK this Christmas. Why not baste the turkey with delicious LURPAK Slightly Salted and make mouthwatering pastries and mince pies with the fabulous taste of LURPAK Unsalted. On Boxing Day LURPAK butter is a must for the infamous turkey sandwich.

For great food and the very best in taste over the festive period, no fridge should be without LURPAK Classic block butter.

Why not try one of these delicious recipes and make this a Classic Christmas to remember.

MONKFISH AND PRAWNS IN BUTTERY PERNOD SAUCE

Serves 4
Preparation and cooking time approx. 20 minutes

Ingredients:

50g (2oz) Lurpak Slightly Salted butter
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1/2 red onion, very finely chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
454g (1 lb) monkfish, cut into 2.5cm cubes
225g (8 oz) cooked, shelled tiger prawns
4 Tbsp. Pernod
2 Tbsp. chopped dill
Salt and black pepper to taste

Method:

1. Heat 15g of the Lurpak Slightly Salted butter with the olive oil in a large non-stick frying pan.
2. Sauté the onion and garlic gently until softened, add the fish and cook over a medium heat until just cooked through, taking care not to break up the fish by too much stirring.
3. Add the dill and Pernod to the pan and then the remaining butter in small pieces, allowing the butter to melt and create a lovely buttery sauce. Season to taste and serve with a selection of seasonal vegetables.

CHOCOLATE AND CRANBERRY CHEESECAKE

Preparation and cooking time approx. 1 hour

Ingredients:

50g (2 oz) Lurpak Unsalted butter
100g (4 oz) finely crushed amaretti biscuits
500g (1 lb 2 oz) soft cream cheese
100g (4 oz) caster sugar
142ml (5 fl oz) soured cream
3 medium eggs
50g (2 oz) plain flour
100g (4 oz) melted chocolate
2 Tbsp. cranberry sauce
Sifted icing sugar or cocoa to finish

Method:

1. Melt the Unsalted Lurpak in a pan and then stir in the amaretti biscuits. Press into the base of a greased 20cm (8") loose based cake tin and leave on one side.
2. Beat together the soft cheese and sugar until smooth and then add the soured cream, eggs, flour and melted chocolate, mixing well.
3. Stir in the cranberry sauce and pour into the tin.
4. Bake in a preheated oven, Gas 2, 150 C for 45 minutes. Turn the oven off and allow the cheesecake to cool in the oven for about an hour and then chill until ready to serve.
5. Serve dusted with icing sugar or cocoa.

Arla Foods UK plc is home to some of the UK’s leading dairy brands including Cravendale, Lurpak and Anchor. Processing approximately two billion litres of milk a year Arla continues to be one of the UK’s leading dairy companies and a supplier of fresh liquid milk and cream to the top seven retailers.

Over 2,500 daily deliveries are made directly to stores nationwide and Arla brands can be found across the dairy category. As well as the leader of the butter, spreads and margarine sector, and a major supplier of other added value products including flavoured milk and cheese, Arla continues to build working relationships with Arla Foods Milk Partnership, a unique group of dairy farmers, which supplies around 90 per cent of Arla's total milk requirements.

Behind this leading business is a team of circa 2,800 people across the UK located at our dairies, distribution centres and head office.