Assorted Platter of Cured Meats and Cheeses, easy and quick, is perfect for a date night or as an appetizer. With a few simple steps, you’ll have a tempting and appetizing dish that will surely impress. Because, as we know, it’s hard to say no to a freshly sliced salami or a delicious piece of cheese.
Extremely versatile, you can use any cold cuts you prefer. You can enrich it with different types of fresh or dried fruits (walnuts, hazelnuts, pistachios, peanuts, almonds, dates, …), honey, single-serving jams, olives, pizza, focaccia, crackers … there’s really room for creativity.
And when it comes to cheese, the choices are endless.
It’s the perfect dish to bring to the table when you have dinner guests and not much time to cook: a simple dish that everyone always loves.
Let’s see together how to make the Assorted Platter of Cured Meats and Cheeses. Prepare the ingredients and let’s get started.
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- Cost: Medium
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 2
- Cooking methods: No cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 4 slices prosciutto
- 4 slices rolled pancetta
- 4 slices cooked ham
- 2 slices mortadella
- 6 slices salami
- 1 Piedmontese toma
- 1 tomini
- as needed grapes
- as needed breadsticks
Tools
- 1 Tray
- Forks
- Napkins
Steps
First, clean the fruit: wash the grapes and gently dry them with a paper towel. If you want, you can also add blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, or kiwi. Prepare a wicker tray or wooden board and cover it with a paper napkin.
Then, prepare the cold cuts so you have them ready and start arranging the slices neatly. I started with the mortadella, followed by the Milano-style salami, then the cooked ham, rolled pancetta, and prosciutto.
Complete the platter with a tomino in the center, slice the Piedmontese toma (or similar cheese) into thin slices and arrange them next to it, and finally, scatter some grapes over the cold cuts and place a handful of breadsticks alongside.
Here’s the Assorted Platter of Cured Meats and Cheeses ready. Enjoy your meal.
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Storage
You can store the Assorted Platter of Cured Meats and Cheeses in the refrigerator for 1 – 2 days, covered with plastic wrap.
Tips and Suggestions
– You can accompany the platter with slices of focaccia or pizza, or crostini or crackers.
– Extremely versatile, you can enrich it with fresh or dried fruits (walnuts, hazelnuts, pistachios, peanuts, almonds, dates, …), honey and jams in single-serving packs, preferably in glass, mustards, olives … there’s really room for creativity.
– Cheeses: there are many types of cheese to use. I really like toma, scamorza, primo sale, fontina, brie, emmental, parmesan or grana padano, pecorino, … the choices are endless. You can include different types and even more varieties together.
– Cured meats and cold cuts. As for the quantity, normally you count about 2 – 3 slices per person, well assorted to suit more tastes.
– Board: choose a wooden product, whether it’s a tray or a cutting board, it doesn’t matter, the important thing is that it’s wooden to give more of a rustic and homely feel.
– Accompany the platter with steel forks or appropriate appetizer sticks, besides being convenient they are also very nice.
Cheese Only Platter
During important lunches or dinners, it is customary to serve the cheese platter, which must be composed and tasted according to precise rules.
– It should include cheeses different in age, taste, and texture: fresh and delicate, medium and more aged and spicy; soft paste, crumbly or blue-veined.
– The arrangement on the platter must respect the tasting order, which goes from the mildest to the most flavorful. It will be up to you to indicate where to start.
– It’s important to buy quality cheeses: a good cheese should have uniform color and texture, fresh and intense aroma, and no bitter taste when tasted.
– The cheeses should be cut correctly. If possible, each piece should include a part of the rind, an intermediate near the rind, and a center.
– Pairings: Besides white bread to cleanse the palate between cheeses, you can offer fresh fruits (apples and grapes) and nuts (hazelnuts, walnuts), honey, compotes, and mustards.
Source: Modern Cuisine
Source: Modern Cuisine
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