How to Make the Ultimate Cheese Board
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How to Make the Ultimate Cheese Board ~ an easy meat and cheese platter is ideal for the busy holiday season. ~ it’s quick to throw together, looks stunning, feeds 2 or 200 as an appetizer or a light meal, and even the pickiest eaters can't resist!
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Ingredients
- 1/2 pound cheese get a mix of creamy (like Brie) aged (like Manchego) Blue, goat, and something unique, like the Ale laced Irish Cheddar I used, various types, quantity of 6
- 1/4 pound ham smoked, rolled
- 1/4 pound salami thinly sliced
- 1 dry salami log, or summer sausage
- 1/4 pound prosciutto rolled
- 1/2 pound olive mixed varieties
- 10 ounce hummus prepared, in tub
- carrot baby carrots, for dipping
- snap pea baby carrots, for dipping
- dried apricot use cranberries or cherries as well, about a cup
- 1 cup feta cheese marinated
- 1 cup sun-dried tomatoes marinated
- 2-3 Fruit apples, pomegranate, grapes, tangerines, figs, etc, such as ripe pear, various types
- nuts either raw or salted and roasted, I used almonds, hazelnuts, and cashews
- Dijon mustard or honey mustard
- wine jelly hot pepper jelly, honey, fig jam, or other condiment of your choice
- 3-4 Cracker types, or sliced baguette
- 3-4 baguette types, or sliced baguette
Instructions
- Arrange your cheeses first, providing a cheese knife or spreader with each. Lay down a small piece of parchment or waxed paper underneath the cheese if you like.
- Add the sliced meats, rolling some of them if you like, along with the hummus and veggies.
- Fill in the spaces with your dried and fresh fruit, olives, nuts, etc. Be sure to include a spoon or knife with each condiment like mustard that you use.
- Set out your cheese an hour ahead of time to give it a chance to come to room temperature. Cover everything loosely with plastic so nothing dries out.
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