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How to Make a Beautiful Charcuterie Board

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Items

Food-safe tray
Parchment paper

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Marsha Boswell
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A charcuterie board is a photogenic appetizer that's easily customizable.

Choose your favorite wheat foods, cheeses and meats, or look for whatever is on sale.

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Photo: Charcuterie board.
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How to Make a Beautiful Charcuterie Board

Items List:

  • Wheat foods, such as baguettes, pitas and crackers
  • Cheeses, such as brie, asiago and havarti
  • Meats, such as capocollo, salami and prosciutto
  • Garnishes, such as olives, jams, honey, grapes, pickles, dried fruit, chocolate and nuts

Instructions:

  • Line a food-safe tray with parchment paper.
  • Start with a solid base of wheat foods. Slice the baguette and add slices to tray. Place a few crackers and cut up pita bread at various locations around the tray.
  • Add your cheeses. Cheese can be served cut into slices or as wedges. Places cheeses in separate locations around the tray. Serve cheese wedges with cheese knife or spreader.
  • Add your meats. Tray fanning meat slices out or folding them into small triangles. Place meats in various locations around the tray.
  • Garnish the tray with small bowls of olives, jams, honey or pickles. Try putting a dollop of jam on your brie wedges. Fill in blanks spots on the tray with fruits, such as grapes or apple slices, dried fruits, chocolates or nuts.
charcuterie board

Cracker Facts

Crackers are one of the most versatile snacks. They can be savory or salty in flavor and eaten on their own, topped with meat or cheese on a charcuterie board, dipped into sweet or savory spreads or even served with soups. Crackers come in many shapes and sizes — rectangles, squares, triangles, circles or even shaped like animals!

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Frequently Asked Questions

The 3-3-3 rule for a charcuterie board states that you should include three starches, like crackers or breads, three cheese, three meats and three accompaniments, like fruits, nuts or spreads.
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Eat Wheat is an initiative promoting the nutritional benefits of wheat and wheat-based products, helping consumers make informed food choices.

Eat Wheat is an initiative promoting the nutritional benefits of wheat and wheat-based products, helping consumers make informed food choices.

Eat Wheat is an initiative promoting the nutritional benefits of wheat and wheat-based products, helping consumers make informed food choices.

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