Borough Market - It’s beginning to feel a bit like Christmas

 

It’s beginning to feel a bit like Christmas At Borough Market, we’re not ones for digging out the Christmas jumpers as soon as Bonfire Night is done with. But just because it’s too soon for Slade songs doesn’t mean it’s too soon to start sharing our festive plans. The main things to know are that we’ll be open every day until 3pm on Christmas Eve, with a few small changes to our regular opening hours, and that our traders – their ranks bolstered by some fantastic guests – will be selling seasonal produce of unmatched quality. In the coming weeks we’ll be sharing a video series of Christmas food tips from traders on our Instagram. We’ll also be publishing a special edition of Market Life, including recipes for the big day.        Christmas opening Open for an extra hour on the three Sundays leading up to Christmas (until 4pm) and on Friday 23 December (until 6pm) Open on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, but with early closing (3pm). Closed on 25 – 27 December and 1 – 3 January.    See full Christmas & New Year opening times An Evening of Cheese Our annual Evening of Cheese is back on 15 December, 6 – 9pm. Get ready for a cheese-themed shopping extravaganza led by our community of cheesemongers. Enjoy tastings, seek expert advice and put together the perfect festive cheeseboard. Read more Christmas hampers Borough Market Online has pulled together a selection of Christmas hampers – a perfect gift for any food lover, available for delivery around the UK. These themed collections of fantastic food and drink have been compiled with the help of our expert traders. Read more.  The future of food in the climate crisis As the COP27 climate change summit comes to a close, this seems an appropriate time to share a blog from Tom Hunt exploring the role that industrialised food production has played in accelerating carbon emissions, and why produce markets like Borough can be part of the solution.    Read now Roast delica pumpkin with crisp sage, seeds & curd Sweet, buttery pumpkin flesh with roasted sage and a slick of salty curd. RECIPE BY ED SMITH   Beef shin & barley broth with treacle farls A hearty Irish broth with soda bread and whipped spring onion butter. RECIPE BY PAULA MCINTYRE   Taste Croatia The husband-and-wife team of Chris and Ana-Maria source exceptional food from around Croatia, a small country blessed with a disproportionately broad-ranging cuisine: from the long coastline of Dalmatia, to the produce-rich peninsula of Istria, to the inland agricultural heartlands of the east. Taste Croatia’s specialities include the famous Paski Sir cheese from the Adriatic island of Pag. The Turkish Deli Traditional Turkish produce sourced from Gemlik, a region famed for its olives. The Turkish Deli stall sells more than 25 varieties of traditionally cured, unmarinated olives including salt-dried olives known as ‘kuru sele’, rarely found outside of Turkey. Other homemade specialities include black olive paste, hummus, meze, baklava, traditional Turkish coffee and a vast range of traditionally made Turkish delight.