Description
Whether for easy entertaining, elevated snacking or a simple meal, learn how to make a charcuterie board! Get tips for the best cheese and charcuterie board, including cheeses, meats, and sweet and savory bites!
Ingredients
Cheeses
- A soft and creamy cheese such as Brie, Camembert, or Goat cheese. (A fresh cheese, like burrata or mozzarella, is wonderful, too!)
- A firm cheese such as a Parmigiano-Reggiano or Manchego.
- An aged cheese such as lovely aged sharp Cheddar or Gruyere.
- A blue cheese such as Gorgonzola, Roquefort, or Maytag Blue.
Charcuterie
- salami/sausages such as soppressata or coppa
- ham such as prosciutto or jamón
- pate
- confit
- terrine
Bread and Crackers
- Baguette
- Crackers
- Crisps
- Breadsticks
Sweet Bites
- Honey or honeycomb
- Dried fruit such as apricot and cranberry
- Candied citrus
- Quince paste
- Fig spread
Savory Bites
- Olives
- Pickles
- Nuts
- Quicos (corn nuts)
- Dukkah
Fresh Bites
- Sliced fruits
- Berries
- Grapes
- Carrots
- Sugar snap peas
- Tomatoes
Dessert Bites
- Chocolate
- Noguat
- Cookies
- Petit fours
Instructions
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Begin building your board by selecting a trio of cheeses. I like to select three of the following: a soft creamy cheese, a firm cheese, an aged cheese, or a blue cheese. This is your foundation.
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Add the charcuterie includes the whole umbrella of meat products from sausages and terrines to pates and confit. Mild ribbons of prosciutto or jamón (ham) are a great addition, as well as a selection of salami such as soppressata or coppa.
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Arrange your sliced baguette, breadsticks, crackers or crisps.
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Fill in the rest of the board with sweet bites, savory bites, fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Optional (but nice to have) – dessert! Add some bites of good quality chocolate, nougat, cookies, or petit fours!
- Cuisine: American