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How to Make a Charcuterie Board {Meat and Cheese Board}

Learn how to make a charcuterie board full of meats, cheeses, and other nibbles to give your guests the finest grazing experience.
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 10 people
Author: Dana Sandonato

Equipment

  • A large serving board
  • Cheese knives
  • Serving spoons

Ingredients

An assortment of meats. Examples:

  • Soppressata
  • Calabrese
  • Mortadella
  • Capicola
  • Prosciutto
  • Genoa Salami

Cheeses. Examples:

  • Aged cheese: Cheddar, Gouda, Gruyere, Manchego, and Parmesan/Parmigiano-Reggiano
  • Soft cheese: Goat, Brie, Camembert, Feta
  • Firm cheese: Manchego, Edam, Parmesan/Parmigiano-Reggiano
  • Blue cheese: Stilton, Roquefort, Gorgonzola

Crackers and crunchies. Examples:

  • Wheat crackers
  • Breadsticks
  • Seedy crackers
  • Buttery crackers
  • Water crackers

Extras.

  • Nuts flavored, roasted, or glazed; I typically go for savory almonds and sweetened-up pecans
  • Fruits dried apricots, fresh figs, or fresh grapes
  • Honey
  • Olive tapenade
  • Chutney
  • Stone ground mustard
  • Hot peppers
  • Olives
  • Pickles
  • Pickled vegetables like these spicy quick-pickled radishes
  • Fresh herbs simply for show/adding some green to your board

Instructions

  • Pick out your platter. If you have a legitimate cheese board, awesome. But if not, no worries! You can use a cutting board, marble slab, or any flat serving platter.
  • Artfully place your cheeses on the board or platter, and build around the cheese by adding your meats (layered or rolled up), crackers, and extras. I typically keep the nuts and fruits for last and use them to fill in any little empty spaces.
  • Lastly, add sprigs of fresh herbs to fill in the last of any empty spaces and to add some greenery, as well as fresh aromatics.