Cheese Board
Hosting a dinner party or having a few friends over? This Cheese Board is the perfect appetizer for entertaining.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 cup Stuffed olives
- 1 cup Mixed nuts sweet or savory
- 1 cup Pimento cheese spread
- 1/2 cup Raspberry jam
- Spicy Colby Jack cheese
- Gruyere cheese
- Monterey Jack and Colby cheese cubes
- Jalapeno Pepper Jack cheese
- Double Smoked Cheddar cheese
- Sharp Cheddar cheese
- Muenster cheese
- Dried Apricots
- Dried Cranberries
- Grapes
- Chocolate Covered Raisins
- Entertainment crackers
- Bagel Chips
Instructions
- Grab a large cutting board or platter. If you have one with raised edges, even better.
- Place olives, mixed nuts, pimento cheese, and jam in small bowls and place throughout the board.
- Next start filling the empty spaces with cheese, then crackers and bagel chips.
- Finally add in grapes, dried apricots, dried cranberries and chocolate covered raisins.
Notes
- The ingredients listed above include everything you see in the photos. It’s a pretty epic board that includes 7 kinds of cheese to showcase variety. You can pick just a few that you want to add to your own.
- Nutritional information is not included, because it will vary vastly from platter to platter based on the ingredients used.
- Servings: The number of servings also varies by what ingredients you use and the course you’re serving the cheese tray with. As a cheese course, which comes after the main course, you need less than 1 ounce per person; as an appetizer or starter, 1-1.5 ounces per person, and as part of a meal, at least 2 ounces per person.
- Variety is key. Be sure to offer different sweet and savory flavors and lots of texture.
- Create visual interest by using different colors and by cutting the cheese into different shapes, like wedges, cubes, and slices.
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