Holiday Cheddar Cheese Wreath Charcuterie
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Appetizers
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For an impressive, festive holiday appetizer, make this Christmas cheese wreath recipe — it’s guaranteed to impress your guests. This is a fun Christmas appetizer will wow your guests. While some guests may be hesitant to take apart such a work of art, they will be enticed by the variety of Cheddar cheeses, tomatoes and French bread that make up this Christmas wreath charcuterie board and happily dig in! Add this Christmas wreath cheese board to your holiday favorites and share with friends and family on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and Twitter.
Form two tubes of refrigerated French loaf dough into a single ring, pinching the ends together firmly. Bake according to package directions (but do not slash the tops).
Once the bread ring has cooled, cut an angled trough in top with a serrated knife, then pull out more bread to make the trough deeper. Place ring on a serving plate.
Break or snip rosemary into short lengths. Poke holes in the side of bread ring with a wooden skewer and insert rosemary sprigs, placing shorter ones on top and longer ones underneath. Place platter in a plastic bag and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Just before serving, fill ring with cubes of a variety of Cabot Cheddar cheese flavors and tuck in red and yellow grape tomatoes.
For another show stopping Christmas cheese tray appetizer, try our Festive Cabot Cheddar Star. As a cooperative of farm families, our goal is to make the highest quality and best tasting cheddar cheese and dairy products you’ll find. We’d love for you to rate and review this Christmas Cheddar wreath recipe once you’ve made it!
Ingredients
- 2 (11-ounce) tubes refrigerated French loaf dough
- About 3 bunches fresh rosemary
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3 (8-ounce) bars assorted flavors Cabot Cheddar cheese, cut into cubes*
- Red and yellow grape tomatoes
Directions
- FORM two tubes of dough into single ring, pinching ends together firmly.
- BAKE according to package directions (but not slashing tops). Once bread ring has cooled, cut angled trough in top with serrated knife, then pull out more bread to make trough deeper. Place ring on serving plate.
- BREAK or snip rosemary into short lengths. Poke holes in side of bread ring with wooden skewer and insert rosemary sprigs, shorter on top and longer beneath. Place platter in plastic bag and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- FILL ring with cheddar cubes and tuck in grape tomatoes.
Recipe Tips
Try Cabot flavors such as: spicy Pepper Jack, Vermont Sharp Yellow, Colby Jack, Garlic Herb or Vintage Choice Cheddar.
Nutrition
Nutrition
- Serving Size
- 1/12 recipe
- per serving
- Calories
- 345
- Fat
- 19.5 grams
- 30%
- Saturated Fat
- 10.5 grams
- 53%
- Cholesterol
- 60 milligrams
- 20%
- Sodium
- 656 milligrams
- 27%
- Carbs
- 27 grams
- 9%
- Fiber
- 1.5 grams
- 6%
- Protein
- 18.5 grams
- Calcium
- 407 milligrams
- 41%