Gourmet Cheese Board

Name: Gourmet Cheese Board
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 8 ounces of aged cheddar such as Cabot Alpine Cheddar, 5-Year Cheddar, or any of your favorite Cabot aged cheddars.; 8 ounces of flavored cheddar such as Cabot Habanero Cheddar or Smoky Bacon Cheddar; 1 Vermont Creamery Coupole, or other soft rind cheese; ½ medium cucumber, quartered lengthwise or sliced; 1 heirloom tomato, halved and sliced; 1 small bunch of cherry tomatoes, left on the vine; 1 cup fresh raspberries, or berry of your choice; ¼ pound smoked meat or salami of your choice, sliced thin; 2 - 3 types of crackers, thin-sliced bread, chips or pretzels of varying shapes and sizes; ½ cup spicy mustard, such as seeded country Dijon; ½ cup pickled dilly beans or other pickled accompaniment of your choice; ½ cup salted nuts such almonds, pecans or cashews

Servings

10

Do you enjoy hosting gatherings with friends, family, and colleagues? If you plan these fun events, whether once in a while or frequently, you’ll want to be sure to always include a gourmet cheese platter in your food offerings for your guests to enjoy. Our platter includes a wonderful combination of fresh fruit and vegetables, smoked meat, nuts, crackers, and a fantastic selection of cheeses. Know anyone else who enjoys hosting gatherings as much as you do? Be sure to share this easy cheese platter with them on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and Twitter – they will thank you for it!

Putting together a gourmet cheese platter is super simple – the key is to get a good variety of quality food items to include. While you can pick and choose according to your own tastes and preferences, we’ve selected to use sliced cucumbers, sliced heirloom tomatoes, blueberries, smoked meat/salami, crackers, pickled dilly beans, nuts, spicy mustard. There are three types of cheeses on this delicious board: an aged cheddar like Cabot Alpine Cheddar or 5-Year Cheddar, the Vermont Creamery Coupole (aged goat cheese) or some other soft rind cheese, and a bar of one of your favorite Cabot flavored cheeses such as Habanero, Pepper Jack or Smoky Bacon.

Once you have everything you want to include in your gourmet cheese platter, you’ll want to bring all of the cheeses to room temperature first, then place them on a cheese board. Surround the cheese with piles of other foods and breads/crackers for variety, as suggested above.

Want a cheese platter that is all about the cheese and looks stunning as well? Our Holiday Cheddar Star cheese board is about as lovely as you can get! Cabot is a cooperative of New York and New England farm families who continuously strive to produce the best dairy products around. If you love this gourmet cheese platter as much as we do, we’d really appreciate it if you could rate and review it when you have the chance!

Ingredients

8 ounces of aged cheddar such as Cabot Alpine Cheddar, 5-Year Cheddar, or any of your favorite Cabot aged cheddars.
8 ounces of flavored cheddar such as Cabot Habanero Cheddar or Smoky Bacon Cheddar
1 Vermont Creamery Coupole, or other soft rind cheese
½ medium cucumber, quartered lengthwise or sliced
1 heirloom tomato, halved and sliced
1 small bunch of cherry tomatoes, left on the vine
1 cup fresh raspberries, or berry of your choice
¼ pound smoked meat or salami of your choice, sliced thin
2 - 3 types of crackers, thin-sliced bread, chips or pretzels of varying shapes and sizes
½ cup spicy mustard, such as seeded country Dijon
½ cup pickled dilly beans or other pickled accompaniment of your choice
½ cup salted nuts such almonds, pecans or cashews

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Directions

PREPARE the fruits and veggies by washing, drying and slicing as directed.
BRING the cheeses to room temperature (about 20 minutes out of refrigerator). Slice, cube or crumble cheese in varying shapes to create interest on the board. Leave some part of the cheese bar whole to put on the board.
SELECT an appealing cheese board, plate or platter large enough to accommodate the cheese board components.
PLACE cheese selections in groupings around the board or plate leaving spaces for the other selections.
SURROUND with piles or small bowls of contrasting flavors and textures using the tomatoes, cucumbers, berries, nuts, pickles and meat.
SURROUND with an assortment of bread, crackers, chips and pretzels. Serve with a ramekin of mustard.