Simple Charcuterie cheese board
original blog post:https://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2021/05/simple-charcuterie-cheese-board.html
Ingredients
For the nutty Cream cheese ball
8 oz cream cheese
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon parsley
1 teaspoon rosemary
2 garlic cloves
½ cup parmesan cheese
½ cup crushed pistachios
For the Chicken meatballs
½ lb ground chicken
1 slice bread
¼ cup milk
¼ teaspoon lime zest
2 teaspoon fresh sage
1 teaspoon fresh rosemary
½ teaspoon smoked paprika
¼ teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon onion powder
4 tablespoon oil to fry
4 tablespoon maple syrup
For the baked brie
1 brie cheese
1 tablespoon thyme leaves
1 clove garlic shredded
¼ cup raisins finely chopped
other ingredients
cold cuts
green grapes
purple grapes
strawberries
sesame cracker
Saltine crackers
Aged White cheddar
Smoked gouda
Pepper jelly
strawberry jelly
grape tomatoes
Blueberries
Directions
For the chicken meatballs
place the bread to soak in milk, once saturated remove the excess milk and add the soaked bread to the ground chicken
add all the herbs and seasonings and mix thoroughly to combine, the mixture will be soft
Make sure your hands are wet (Meatballs won't stick to wet hands) and ball out mini meatballs, this mixture should make about 12 meatballs
If your hands get tacky, wash and re-wet, and continue balling out
heat up the oil in a pan and fry all the meatballs until golden on all sides and cooked through about 8 minutes
remove from the heat, toss in maple syrup, and set aside
For the nutty cheese ball
In a bowl combine, cream cheese, honey, parsley, rosemary, garlic and parmesan cheese
mix to thoroughly combine
crush pistachios into fine pieces and spread on top of a layer of plastic wrap
Place the cheese mixture in the center and coat with nuts
form into a disc wrap it up and place in the refrigerator, this can be done the day before you are ready to use it
For all the other ingredients
wash all the fruits and dry well
slice the gouda and cheddar
place the strawberry jam and pepper jelly into small serving dishes
portion out the crackers being used
For the baked brie
Preheat the oven to 350
place the brie on top of a small parchment paper sheet
slice the top of the cheese rind and add thyme garlic and raisins
close the top of the rind and press down as best as possible
place in the oven and melt the brie for 15 minutes
To assemble
start by placing down anchor points on the board, the jams, the cheese, the bowl of meatballs
layer crackers and cheese around each anchor point
next to each jam and cheese add larger fruit, grapes and strawberries
fill in the gaps with deli meats
lastly add the smallest items, blueberries and grape tomatoes, add those in little pockets of empty space all over the board.
You want a little bit of each type of food in every section of the board.
No wrong or right, it will look pretty and taste amazing no matter what!