How to create a perfect cheese board: a tutorial written with four hands, with the help and photos of my daughter who is the queen of cheese boards. đ
She always prepares one for the dinners she has with friends.
And since we are approaching Christmas and New Year’s, the cheese board is certainly a winning idea, because you just need to find out the guests’ tastes to satisfy everyone, including creating vegan and vegetarian boards.
Without needing to turn on the stove, it can also be made by those who are not skilled in the kitchen.
A cheese board is quickly prepared, it’s scenic but to be successful you must follow some fundamental rules, which I will, actually, we will explain to you.
Enough chatter, let’s see how to create a perfect cheese board.
Eh belĂŹn, how delicious!
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Medium
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 12People
- Cooking methods: No Cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
Ingredients for the Cheese Board:
- 9 oz Piedmontese toma
- 3 oz sheep toma (with pistachios)
- 3 oz brie
- 1.8 oz fontina (cut into cubes)
- 3.5 oz asiago
- 5.3 oz DOP Parma ham
- 3.5 oz Bologna mortadella
- 1.8 oz Milano salami
- 1.8 oz Calabrian spianata
- 8 strawberries
- 8 dried figs
- 3 slices orange
- 1.8 oz blueberries
- 8 walnuts
- 10 whole grain crackers
- 1.8 oz cherry tomatoes (stuffed with tuna)
- 1.8 artichokes in oil
- 1.8 oz pretzel
- 1 oz pear jam
- 1 peach jam
Tools to Create the Cheese Board:
- 1 Cutting Board
- 3 Bowls for round appetizers
- 3 Bowls square
- 8 Forks for appetizers
- 5 Knives for cheese
- 20 Toothpicks
- 1 Set bread holder
Steps to Create a Perfect Cheese Board:
According to my daughter, it’s useful not to use more than four types of cold cuts, which should be alternated with cheeses and colorful fruits, in our case she chose orange, strawberries, and blueberries.
In the board you see in the photo, she also included walnuts and dried figs.
Inside, she placed some crackers and to make the board even more colorful, she added rosemary from her plant.
Around the board, she prepared two small bowls with jams.
My daughter explained to me that cheeses, being sugar-free, should be accompanied by jams to balance their saltiness.
As a side to the board, you can add bowls with tuna-stuffed cherry tomatoes, olives, artichokes and, if you’re from Genoa, the inevitable focaccia.
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FAQ (Questions and Answers)
How to choose the cold cuts?
You can choose raw cold cuts such as prosciutto, salami, speck, bresaola, or cooked cold cuts like turkey breast, cooked ham, mortadella.
To avoid waste, you should prepare no more than two slices per guest.
Cold cuts should be purchased close to the event, especially if bought pre-sliced.How to choose the cheeses?
Quality should prevail over economy.
In the board, you can include both fresh cheeses like robiola or mozzarella balls, medium-aged or soft cheeses like fresh fontina, brie, soft cheeses, toma, blue cheeses, and more aged cheeses like alpine fontina, gruyere, bra, parmesan.
Cheeses should be served at room temperature, so it’s advisable to take them out of the fridge a few hours before eating.I don’t like jams much, how can I replace them?
Aged hard cheeses pair well with honey. You can choose between chestnut honey with a strong flavor or acacia honey with a more neutral taste.
