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Charcuterie Made Easy: Make This Party Cheeseboard in a Flash!
Made from ingredients on-hand in your pantry and refrigerator, this easy appetizer cheeseboard/charcuterie platter is sure to hold guests at bay until the main event!
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 20 mins
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Appetizer
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 20 butter crackers (such as Ritz)
- 20 wheat crackers (such as Triscuits)
- 20 rice crackers
- 4 ounce round of goat cheese
- 1/4 cup fig jam (or any jam)
- 1/2 pint of grape tomatoes
- 20 to 24 green olives stuffed with pimentos
- 4 slices of smoked Gouda cheese, cut into quarters
- 4 ounces Swiss cheese, sliced into 1-inch squares
- 4 pieces of string (Mozzarella) cheese, cut into half lengthwise and then half again (so that you end up with 4 pieces from each piece of string cheese)
- 16 pieces of thinly sliced Italian dry salami
- 4 ounces Parmesan cheese, cut into 1/4-inch to 1/2-inch nibbles
- 1 1/2 cups baby arugula
Instructions
- Place goat cheese in a small bowl and cover with fig jam. Place the bowl in the middle of your charcuterie platter.
- Wrap each of the 16 pieces of string cheese with a piece of the thinly sliced Italian dry salami. Place the salami-wrapped string cheese next to one end of the goat cheese/fig jam bowl, arranging in a criss-cross pattern.
- Arrange sliced cheeses around the sides of the goat cheese/fig jam bowl.
- Place cube cheese (in this case, Parmesan cheese), at opposite corners of your platter or tray.
- Arrange grape tomatoes at opposite corners of your platter.
- Arrange green olives at opposite corners of your platter, tucking around grape tomatoes and Parmesan cheese cubes.
- Place crackers in a separate divided dish OR, if space is available, arrange on the cheeseboard here and there.
- Tuck arugula into the spaces for a pretty presentation.
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