How to Make A Charcuterie Board
Learn how to make a charcuterie board that will impress your guests. This comprehensive guide includes charcuterie board ideas, charcuterie board ingredient amounts and equipment needed to make the best charcuterie board ever!
Servings: 20 People
Cost: $30
Ingredients
- 10 ounces Swiss cheese
- 8 ounces gouda cheese
- 8 ounces Havarti cheese
- 8 ounces white stilton with apricots
- 9 ounces cheddar cheese spread (pub cheese)
- 8 ounces green olives
- 12 ounces pickles (small, cornichons)
- ½ cup pistachios
- ½ candied pecans
- 1 cup smoked almonds
- 1 cup dried apricots
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- 8 ounces dry salami
- 8 ounces summer sausage
- 2 cups grapes
- 6 ounces blackberries
- 1 cup baby carrots
- 1 cup snap peas
- 16 ounces assorted crackers
- apricot jam
Instructions
Prepare the Ingredients
- Wash and dry the grapes and blackberries.
- Drain and rinse olives and pickles, put them in small bowls.
- Transfer the nuts and dried fruit to small bowls.
- Cube cheese and slice meats.
Assemble the Charcuterie Board
- Start with the cheese, evenly spacing the cheese varieties around the board. Try to make sure they don’t touch to avoid confusion when choosing which flavor to enjoy.
- Then, arrange the meat around the cheese. I like to use it as a “barrier” between cheese varieties.
- Next, fit the bowls of pickles, olives, nuts, dried fruit and jam
- Then fill in the gaps with the fresh fruit and vegetables, evenly spacing them around the board.
- Add the cheese markers to each group of cheese.
- Serve with crackers.
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Notes
Important Ingredient Notes
- Cheese & Meats. The beauty of a charcuterie board is that you can pick your favorite cheeses and meats and make it your own - this is just a guide.
- Olives/Pickles. Make sure to rinse, dry and serve in individual bowls so their juices don't mix with other components.
- Fruit. I suggest making sure fruit is served in individual portions. I.e. don't put a whole bunch of grapes on a board - cut them up so someone can take a handful easily. Also, make sure they are washed & completely dry before adding to your board.
- Vegetables. Cut into individual servings.
- Dried fruit & nuts. Choose your favorite varieties, just be sure to serve the nuts in bowls so they don't get soggy when they touch the cheese, fruit, etc.
- Apricot jam. This is my favorite addition to a charcuterie board. I love eating it spread over a piece of cheese on a cracker - yum.
- Crackers. Once again, choose your favorites. Sometimes I will serve the crackers separately (on a separate plate or board) to ensure they don't get soggy.
Nutrition
Serving: 4ounces | Calories: 389kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 66mg | Sodium: 991mg | Potassium: 340mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 837IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 471mg | Iron: 1mg