Impressive Charcuterie and Cheese Board

Delight your guests with this impressive charcuterie and cheese board, featuring a diverse assortment of Spanish and European delights. Offering a blend of flavors and textures, this board is perfect for gatherings, combining savory meats, creamy cheeses, and fresh accompaniments into a visually stunning appetizer experience.

Ingredients

🧀 80g Maasdam cheese
🧀 60g Cambozola cheese
🧀 60g Cured sheep cheese
🧀 60g Truffle sheep cheese
🧀 40g Blue cheese
🥓 50g Chorizo ibérico
🍖 50g Salchichón ibérico
🍖 100g Jamón serrano
🥩 70g Salami
🍖 40g Cecina
🌶️ Homemade piquillo pepper paté
🍯 Pepper pâté
🍮 40g Quince paste
🥮 12 Mini vol-au-vents
🥖 Breadsticks (picos) and flatbread crackers (regañás)
🫒 Anchovy-stuffed olives
🥜 Nuts pistachios and cashews
🍇 Grapes
🍓 Strawberry jam
🥒 1/2 Cucumber
🍅 7-8 Cherry tomatoes
🍃 Spearmint leaves
🌿 Rosemary sprigs

Instructions

1- Prepare Cheeses:

• Cube the Maasdam and Cambozola cheeses.
• Slice the cured and truffle sheep cheeses into thin triangles.
• Crumble the blue cheese into a bowl.

2- Assemble Skewers:

• For savory skewers, thread cherry tomato, anchovy-stuffed olive, and Maasdam cheese onto skewers.
• For sweet skewers, alternate quince paste, Maasdam cheese, and grape.

3- Create a Salami Rose:

• Overlap salami slices around a narrow-mouthed wine glass rim and invert the glass for presentation.

4- Prepare Vol-au-vents:

• Fill half the vol-au-vents with piquillo pepper pâté and garnish with pickle slices.
• Fill the other half with pepper pâté and garnish with cherry tomato quarters.

5- Additional Accompaniments:

• Serve strawberry jam in a small bowl.
• Slice cucumber into rounds.
• Prepare pickles, nuts, breadsticks, and crackers for serving.

6- Assemble the Board:

• Place the salami rose and surround with spearmint leaves.
• Arrange cheeses, meats, and vol-au-vents radiating from center.
• Add prepared skewers, cucumber, and Cambozola cubes.
• Fill gaps with pickles, nuts, and crackers.
• Garnish with rosemary sprigs.

Prep Time: 30-45 minutes
Cook Time: N/A
Total Time: 30-45 minutes
Servings: 6-8
Equipment:

• Cutting board: White plastic
• Knife: Arcos Chef’s knife
• Small plates, bowls, wooden skewers, wine glass, cling film, small spoons
• Round wooden serving board

Cooking Tips:

• Use various cheese shapes for visual allure.
• Forming a salami rose is simplified with a narrow glass.
• Fresh cheese can substitute in sweet skewers.

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Impressive Charcuterie and Cheese Board