How to Make a Charcuterie Board
Filled with meat, bread, spreads, fruit, and other components, a charcuterie board offers you the opportunity to be creative in your choice of ingredients as well as with presentation. Learn how to make a beautiful charcuterie board at home!
Servings 1
Equipment
- Cheese board
Ingredients
- Cheese (brie, Camembert, goat cheese, Manchego, cheddar, Havarti, Provolone, mozzarella, Gouda, etc.)
- Breadsticks
- Crackers
- Cornbread
- Olives
- Nuts
- Dried fruit
- Spreads (hummus, pate, tapenade, stone ground mustard, jam, chutney, marmalade, etc.)
- Grapes
- Pickles
- Charcuterie (chorizo, salami, prosciutto, ham, pepperoni, capicola, mortadella, souse, etc.)
Instructions
- When assembling the board, start from the center. This will help you create a beautiful structure. Add containers for some of the elements; this will create additional shapes. The following are what we chose for our board:
- Cheese: Look for a balance in textures: include hard cheeses and soft cheeses. Brie cheese - soft and sweet. Goat cheese - strong flavor, mixed texture. Manchego cheese - strong flavor, hard texture.
- Breadsticks and crackers: Always remember to add bread or crackers to have with the cheeses and charcuterie. Cornbread is a popular choice. You can include an assortment.
- Olives: Olives, pickles, capers, pickled vegetables etc. will offer an acidic flavor that is hard to find on the board otherwise.
- Nuts: Nuts are especially good for holiday parties. We used walnuts.
- Something Sweet: There is nothing better than dried apricots to bring a little sweetness to the board. Fresh grapes, jams or other dried fruit are another great option.
- Charcuterie: Remember to include a variety of flavors: We used chorizo (pork sausage) for a strong flavor, salami for a soft or medium flavor, and Prosciutto for a salty and medium flavor.
- Spreads: You can also add spreads such as hummus, stone ground mustard, etc. Mix it up and get creative with it!
