Christmas Charcuterie Board Recipe

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Treat yo ‘elf with this Christmas charcuterie board. Loaded with various types of cheese, fruits, nuts and meats, it’s the perfect appetizer to get in the festive mood.
Utensils Appetizer
Globe New American
13
ingredients
12
steps
30
minutes
Giselle is a recipe developer and content creator that loves all things sweet and savory. She runs her own food blog, The Busy Spatula, and her work has been featured on Yahoo!, Marvel Studios and the Kitchn.

Ingredients

Servings:
8
12 oz
hard salami, sliced
mini pretzel sticks
2 pt
blackberries
1
jar of green olives, drained
6 oz
prosciutto
10 oz
sharp cheddar cheese, cubed
1 pt
raspberries
8 oz
jack cheese, cubed
1
bunch of green grapes
cheddar slices
fresh cranberries or sugared cranberries, see recipe in notes
rosemary sprigs
crackers, to serve

Directions 12 steps | 30 Minutes

Step 1

Prepare a large board for the charcuterie. Measure and prep all ingredients. 

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Step 2

Build the charcuterie board from the bottom up. Start with the sliced hard salami. Shingle the salami to the width of the charcuterie board you’d like. 

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Step 3

Place a bunch of mini pretzel sticks in the middle below the row of hard salami for the tree trunk

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Step 4

Place the blackberries above the hard salami, slightly narrower than the row below.

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Step 5

Place a row of green olives above the blackberries, slightly narrower than the row below.

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Step 6

Drape a layer of prosciutto above the row of green olives, slightly narrower than the row below. 

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Step 7

Place the sharp cheddar cheese above the prosciutto, slightly narrower than the row below.

 

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Step 8

Place the raspberries above the sharp cheddar cheese, slightly narrower than the row below.

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Step 9

Place the jack cheese above the raspberries, slightly narrower than the row below.

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Step 10

Finish with a bunch of green grapes in a cone-like shape. 

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Step 11

Use a star shaped cookie cutter to cut two stars from the cheddar slices. Stack them to create one thick cheddar star and place it on top of the green grapes.

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Step 12

Fill any gaps with the sprigs of rosemary and decorate by sporadically placing cranberries or sugared cranberries along the charcuterie board. Serve and enjoy!

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Notes:

  1. For a sweet, festive spin on cranberries, try our sugared cranberries recipe.

Nutrition Per Serving
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CALORIES
518
FAT
37.6 g
PROTEIN
32.7 g
CARBS
12.8 g

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Carmela G.

Carmela

01 Nov 2022

Easy to re-create. Looks amazingly good and is ideal for Christmas gatherings. Thank you for this Christmas Charcuterie Board Recipe.

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