I have been seeing charcuterie boards all over the place and have been lusting over them every time I see them. This year for Christmas I was in charge of making an appetizer so I decided to try my hand at one for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
The first board I decided to actually use a butcher block cutting board to display everything. I stuck with pretty plain meats and cheeses since we are not a super adventurous family (haha). I used the following cheeses: mild cheddar, sharp cheddar, pepper jack, babybell and garlic herb spreadable cheese. Next was the meat, salami and pepperoni were the perfect options for us (but would have loved to add some prosciutto). Crackers were ritz, wheat butter, and toast. Spreads were fun to pick out! I used pepper jelly, fig jam, and grainy mustard. I finished everything up with jalapeño stuffed olives, garlic stuffed olives, and black olives and added green peas and rosemary for color.
Next for Christmas Day I decided to make a bigger “board” using a sheet pan, I swapped the garlic herb cheese for Gouda, and added grapes. To fill in space I added sugar coated rosemary as sugar coated cranberries (which also helped to add some more color to the board).
Have you made a charcuterie board? What did you include on it?
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