How to Build a Cheese Board
How to Build a Cheese Board is an easy how-to on assembling the perfect cheese plate for a crowd. This makes the easiest, crowd-pleasing appetizer. This step by step guide will show you how to do it!
Servings: 6 people
Cost: $25
Equipment
- 1 cheese board (large cutting board or large serving plate)
Ingredients
Cheeses To Serve:
- 12 ounces hard cheeses such as gouda, havarti, comté or sharp cheddar
- 12 ounces soft cheeses such as brie, camembert, tallegio or goat cheese
Meats to Serve:
- 1 pound cured meats (such as sliced salami, prosciutto or chorizo)
Nuts to Serve:
- 6 ounces nuts (such as marcona almonds, caramelized pecans, pistachios, walnuts, pecans)
Fruit to Serve:
- 1 pound fresh fruit (such as sliced figs, pears, applies, grapes)
- 4 ounces dried fruit (such as crystallized mango, ginger, cranberries, cherries or golden raisins)
Fun Additions:
- 4 ounces carb (such as bread, crackers, mini toasts)
- 4 ounces something briny (such as olives, peppadews, cornichons)
- 1/4 cup jam or honey
Instructions
To Assemble the Cheese Board:
- Place your board close to the area in which you're going to set it out. Traveling with this entire board can be heavy and scary (especially if you have a dog waiting for anything to drop). There's no wrong way to do this!
- I like to add all of the cheeses and carbs to the board FIRST, this way I can arrange around them. Then I add the dried fruit, nuts, meats, briny things, etc. Don't be shy to divide each category in two, adding multiple piles of each group.
- Garnish with flowers, if you like and serve.
Notes
Tips and Tricks:
- Repeat ingredients on the board - For instance, I have two groups of the same olives, two groups of dried apricots and two groups of prosciutto. I think it looks pretty! And it also offers a practicability factor. If two or three people are reaching for the board, they have options as to where they can grab for the ingredients.
- Get cute with it! Non-edible garnishes are very controversial but I’m down for it. I am pro-non-edible garnishes. I do go with organic flowers as garnish just in case someone decides they want to eat a flower (I dunno). You can also add little ornaments or tinsel around the cutting board.
Nutrition
Calories: 312kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Sodium: 133mg | Potassium: 365mg | Fiber: 14g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 382IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 113mg | Iron: 2mg