Charcuterie Boards

When we have the family get-together these Charcuterie Boards are a family favorite.

The best thing about cheeseboard appetizers is they can be perfect for snacking, before the big dinner, or on a special romantic evening.


I love to prepare a cheese board with some unique fruits, meats, cheeses and so much more.


Come take a look at these ideas and how easy they are to assemble there is no right or wrong, it's built and tailored to whatever you like fancy or plain it's all GOOD!


Most of the time these Cheese, Meat, and Fruit Tray Appetizers are eaten on a Sunday for us.


Paired off with a good bottle of our favorite Chianti wine, it's the best way to start off the day before a big meal.

Step by Step

1. Step 1: Choose and Arrange the board: place 1/4 cup-sized bowls or ramekins on the table for condiments, dips, and salad dressing. Plan to fill them with nuts, olives, fruits, dips, dressing etc.
2. Step 2: Line the board with fancy greens, fresh herbs, or fancy coated doilies place some cheese, triangular cut bread near the cheese
3. Step 3: add deli meats, seafood, or other cooked meats you prefer
4. Step 4: place sliced fruits and vegetables on the platter and cut them into small pieces 
5. Step 5: fill in the spaces with nuts or dried berries.

Dips We Love:

Tiramisu Dip

BLT Dip

Artichoke Dip

Cannoli Dip

Irish Pub Beer Cheese Dip

Tuscan Bean Dip

Garlic Aioli

Blue Cheese Dressing

Ranch Dressing

Thousand Island Dressing

Italian Parmesan

Holiday Time

During Christmas, Easter, or any Holiday we always have a large Antipasto Cheeseboard prepared.


Our Italian-style cheese board will consist of mozzarella, lots of Italian sliced cooked deli meats, grape tomatoes, nuts, grapes, and lots of assorted olives.


Sometimes we add some deviled eggs, meatballs, and roasted peppers on fancy arugula or other fancy greens under them.


Plus we make one dedicated just for kids as shown above and add fruits to fill in the gaps.


Appetizers like these boards are so much fun to make and for kid's parties, gameday events, and holidays, you can color coordinate the ingredients.


We love to add grapes, crackers, gourmet-style cheeses, and sometimes even shelled nuts.


Roasted almonds, pistachios, and smoked nuts go great on these boards with fruits and cheeses.

Different Charcuterie Platters

I personally love to collect unusually shaped boards.


I order them online or find them even in thrift stores.


The boards that are wooden have some wonderful unique shapes and are perfect to build a delicious-looking board.


Everything you place on your board should have similar foods that complement each other.


If you don't have a board you can quickly transform a beautiful glass or ceramic platter using some smaller filled ramekin bowls with olives and cheese to make a cheese board statement with it.


You can add some green leafy lettuce to set on the platter to make the whole presentation just look marvelous.

Here are the ingredients we use to build our Charcuterie Board see the printable recipe card for all suggestions:

1. assorted cheeses
2. assorted olives
3. assorted fruits
4. jams
5. condiments 
6. cut-up raw vegetables
7. cooked or canned deli meats
8. cooked beans
9. assorted nuts
10. cut in triangles bread regular or toasted, crackers, chips, mini cookies
11. crackers
12. cooked seafood
13. assorted dips in small bowls
14. Note Misc Specialty suggestions: stuffed mushrooms or pickled vegetables, deviled eggs, clams casino, stuffed long hots, loaded potato skins Italian style, fried mozzarella, fried zucchini blossoms or sticks, fried cauliflower, fried meatballs, mini calzones, mini pizza slices, caponata, mini quiche baked.

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Charcuterie Boards

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Author: Claudia Lamascolo

Inactive time: 30 MinTotal time: 30 Min

Here is a long list of what to use on a Charcuterie Board and how to build one specifically how you and your family like assorted appetizers for parties.

Ingredients

• Here are the ingredients we use to build our Charcuterie Board see the printable recipe card for all suggestions:
• assorted cheeses
• assorted olives
• assorted fruits
• jams
• condiments
• cut-up raw vegetables
• cooked or canned deli meats
• cooked beans
• assorted nuts
• cut in triangles bread regular or toasted, crackers, chips, mini cookies
• crackers
• cooked seafood
• assorted dips in small bowls
• Note Misc Specialty suggestions: stuffed mushrooms or pickled vegetables, deviled eggs, clams casino, stuffed long hots, loaded potato skins Italian style, fried mozzarella, fried zucchini blossoms or sticks, fried cauliflower, fried meatballs, mini calzones, mini pizza slices, caponata, mini quiche baked.

Instructions

1. Cheeses: mozzarella balls, extra sharp provolone, baked brie, extra sharp cheddar, Parmesan-coated with black pepper or espresso-coated parmesan, Swiss, Gouda, or any kinds that are easily cut into slices and cubes for your boards.
2. Olives: black, crinkled black Italian olives, green pitted, Kalamata, pimento-stuffed, garlic stuffed, cream cheese stuffed, almond stuffed olives
3. Fruits, Jams, Dressing, Condiments, Dips Rainier or Bing cherries, grapes, sliced melon cubes, cubed pineapple, sliced kiwi, figs, dates, orange sections, mango cubed, papaya, apple slices, pears, pomegranate, peaches, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, any flavored jams to spread. Fancy mustards, mayo, horseradish, marinara, blue cheese, ranch or other salad dressings, onion dip, artichoke dip, pizza dip, funfetti dip, BIT dip, or another kind you like
4. Vegetables: sliced or stuffed celery, carrots sticks, cauliflower or broccoli florets, pickled artichoke hearts, hearts of palm, grilled eggplant cubes, grape tomatoes, asparagus, string beans, sliced plum tomatoes, pepperoncini, long hots, roasted peppers, artichoke hearts stuffed, lettuce leaves to line the board with plastic wrap or use doilies.or fancy lettuce like arugula and frilly style lettuce
5. Meats: dried oil sausage sliced, soppressata, salami, mortadella, pepperoni, prosciutto, hot capicola, miniature fried Italian meatballs
6. Beans and Nuts: chickpeas, lupine beans, 3 beans salad, black beans, cannellini beans or any kind you like, pistachios, hazelnuts, roasted almonds, pecans
7. Bread and crackers: any kind of crackers, garlic bread rounds, rustic Italian bread, breadsticks, garlic knots, pita triangles, bruschetta, sweet rolls, chips of any kind, swirled pumpernickel, mini cocktail bread
8. Seafood: clams casino, shrimp and fried scallops, crab legs, lobster meat, calamari fried, oysters, white tuna, escargot, tuna in olive oil, fried haddock bites, and other shellfish
9. Note Misc Specialty suggestions: stuffed mushrooms or pickled vegetables, deviled eggs, clams casino, stuffed long hots, loaded potato skins Italian style, fried mozzarella, fried zucchini blossoms or sticks, fried cauliflower, fried meatballs, mini calzones, mini pizza slices, caponata, mini quiche baked.

Notes

Step by Step

1. Step 1: Choose and Arrange the board: place 1/4 cup-sized bowls or ramekins on the table for condiments, dips, and salad dressing. Plan to fill them with nuts, olives, fruits, dips, dressing etc.
2. Step 2: Line the board with fancy greens, fresh herbs, or fancy coated doilies place some cheese, triangular cut bread near the cheese
3. Step 3: add deli meats, seafood, or other cooked meats you prefer
4. Step 4: place sliced fruits and vegetables on the platter and cut them into small pieces 
5. Step 5: fill in the spaces with nuts or dried berries.

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