An Impressive Cheese Platter
Here’s how to create an impressive, elegant and prodigious Cheese Board.
Ingredients
Cheese: Choose three to five cheeses with various textures and flavours.
- Semi-Hard Cheeses: aged cheddar, gouda, havarti, gruyère, manchego (my favourite is gouda…but, my husband is a lover of aged cheddar and manchego)
- Soft Chesses: brie, camembert, goat, chevre (my absolute favourite is Saint Andre’s super rich brie)
- Blue Cheeses: gorgonzola, stilton, dorset blue, stichelton
Meat: Choose two to three meats.
- prosciutto, pepperoni, salami, summer sausage, ham
- pates of all kinds
Breads: Choose two to three breads.
- breadsticks
- crackers
- baguette, rolls, biscuits.
Condiments: Choose two to three condiments.
- Mustards: Coarse grain, spicy, dijon, honey mustard
- Sweet: Fig jam, honey, your favourite marmalade, apple butter, bacon jam
- Spicy: Onion and pepper relish, sweet habanero jam, mango jalapeno chutney, balsamic glaze
Nibbles: Choose three to five nibbles.
- Dried fruit, apricots, figs, dates
- Fresh fruit, apples, grapes, figs, strawberries, pears
- Nuts and seeds, almonds, mixed nuts, pistachios, pepitas
- Savory snacks, mixed olives, artichoke hearts, peppers, onions
Instructions
- Choose a large tray, wood cutting board, a slate cheese board, or a marble slab to arrange your cheese platter.
- Remove the cheese from the fridge an hour before serving.
- Arrange everything on your platter and ensure there is a separate knife for each cheese and utensils in each condiment.
- Label the cheese.
- Make it lush and generous!
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!