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Epic Holiday Cheese Board Recipe
Want to impress this holiday season? A perfectly crafted holiday cheese board is your answer! After years of perfecting flavor combinations and presentation, I’ve got all the tips you need to create a showstopping board - plus what ingredients to include and the best styling tricks. (And yes, I’ll also show you how to make the cutest little Santa hats!)
Prep Time
20 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 454 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
North American
Ingredients
The Holiday Cheese Board
- Brie cheese + honeycomb + pomegranate seeds
- Fresh mozzarella + olive oil + flaky sea salt + black pepper
- Smoked gouda + fontina cheese sliced
- Store-bought or homemade hummus + olive oil + minced parsley
- Red and green peppers sliced or cut into star shapes with a cookie cutter
- Hazelnuts + olives + dried cranberries + sweet mini peppers
- Pomegranate seeds + orange segments + honey
- Store-bought beet chips + parsnip chips
- rosemary to decorate
Pear and Goat Cheese Slices
- 1 1 pear cored and sliced
- 2 2 tablespoons goat cheese
- 2 2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds
Tomato Bocconcini Bites (AKA: Santa's Hats)
- 20 20 bocconcini pearls or regular bocconcini cut in half
- 20 20 grape tomatoes cut in half
- 2 2 tablespoons reduced balsamic vinegar
Instructions
- Put the brie on your cheese board and top with some honeycomb (or honey) and a few pomegranate seeds. Put the mozzarella in a bowl and drizzle it with olive oil, sprinkle it with salt and pepper and put it on the board. Arrange the sliced gouda and fontina on the board.
- Either put the hummus in a bowl or directly on the board, if it is marble. Drizzle some olive oil and sprinkle some parsley over top. Arrange the peppers around it.
- Add the pear and goat cheese slices and the tomato bocconcini bites to the board then arrange the remaining ingredients to fill in all the gaps on the board.
Cup of Yum
Pear and Goat Cheese Slices
- Place a little goat cheese at the end of each pear slice and fan them out on the board. Sprinkle some pomegranate seeds over the goat cheese.
Cup of Yum
Tomato Bocconcini Bites
- Skewer the bocconcini and tomatoes on toothpicks and pour the reduced balsamic vinegar into a small bowl.
Notes
- With a busy board like this one, I find it best to serve the harder cheeses sliced.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1 serving
Calories
454kcal
(23%)
Carbohydrates
27g
(9%)
Protein
21g
(42%)
Fat
31g
(48%)
Saturated Fat
12g
(60%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
5g
Monounsaturated Fat
11g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
65mg
(22%)
Sodium
679mg
(28%)
Potassium
717mg
(20%)
Fiber
5g
(20%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Vitamin A
879IU
(18%)
Vitamin C
35mg
(39%)
Calcium
361mg
(36%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 454
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 serving | |
| Calories | 454kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 27g | 9% |
| Protein | 21g | 42% |
| Fat | 31g | 48% |
| Saturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 5g | 29% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 65mg | 22% |
| Sodium | 679mg | 28% |
| Potassium | 717mg | 15% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 879IU | 18% |
| Vitamin C | 35mg | 39% |
| Calcium | 361mg | 36% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.