{"id":89810,"date":"2020-07-10T11:53:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T16:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/?p=89810"},"modified":"2020-07-10T12:28:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T17:28:50","slug":"lets-make-cheese-platter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/10\/lets-make-cheese-platter\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s make a cheese platter!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi there, hope this finds you doing well. Is it really already Friday! So full disclosure- I am a bonafide “grazer”. I could live<\/em> on appetizers, small plates, tapas, whatever you want to call it. I could skip over every meal if I was given a platter of yummy and assorted appetizers instead. My most favorite way to eat.<\/p>\n

When we have people over whether for cocktails or for dinner,\u00a0 I almost always start with a charcuterie\/cheese platter or board. I love putting them together and its one of those things that are as pretty as they are delicious. So this is a simple and short post on one I did recently and how I did it…its so much easier than many think!<\/p>\n

I like to start with either a wood board, or a big platter of some sort. We were in PB here so my white Italian porcelain rectangular platter was perfect.<\/p>\n

I start with 3-4 cheeses, I always include a soft cheese. Parmigiano Reggiano is a MUST, always some kind of super sharp English cheddar, maybe a Gouda or some other variety and I like to include a soft cheese, some kind of herbed soft cheese tend to be really delicious and pair well with other cheeses.<\/p>\n

For crackers I love again, an assortment- seeded and non seeded crackers, bread sticks, and a recent discovery which pairs so deliciously was some amazingly yummy raisin\/apricot flatbreads. I take my crackers very<\/em> seriously and have included some regulars in my cracker repertoire below.<\/p>\n

Then there are the little extra finish touches, not necessary but to me, they just complete the platter. Things like dried apricots, grapes, pear and apples slices are perfect. I also like using clusters of nuts or fresh figs (if I can find them). The great thing is there is no one right, it’s actually a lot of fun to experiment and try something different each time. Here is a recent one I put together<\/p>\n

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A nice assortment of cheeses (four), four different types of crackers and grapes did the trick!<\/p>\n

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I like pre cutting several neat little wedges of cheese and displaying them in front of their respective wedge<\/p>\n

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I always leave soft cheese whole<\/p>\n

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I normally put the cheese on first, then fill in with crackers and any “gaps” are filled with grapes or some kind\u00a0 of little extra<\/p>\n

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It was so nice to use my basketweave cheese set! We are very low on them but as of this post still have a few sets left (click here)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Above is. before grapes and after is with grapes<\/p>\n

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I was serving cocktails so had four hearty appetizers, a big tray of brushetta, a big shrimp cocktail, fruit and the cheese board…favorite kind of dinner:)<\/p>\n

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Some of my favorite crackers, unfortunately me and most of these crackers are very much on a first name basis:)<\/p>\n

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I am suddenly very<\/em> hungry and know what I am having for dinner tonight:) Nothing as satisfying in my opinion as a delectable array of cheese and crackers…..yum! Do you like making cheese boards also or is this maybe going to inspire you to try your hand at one? Part of the fun for me is experimenting and doing things a little differently each time.<\/p>\n

Have any favorite combinations? I would love to hear about them…open to new ideas always! Thanks for stopping in, wishing everyone a great day and a smooth end to your week. Until next time……<\/p>\n

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Hi there, hope this finds you doing well. Is it really already Friday! So full disclosure- I am a bonafide “grazer”. I could live on appetizers, small plates, tapas, whatever you want to call it. I could skip over every meal if I was given a platter of yummy and assorted appetizers instead. My most […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[3915,3914,1800,3913,1799],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89810"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89810"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89861,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89810\/revisions\/89861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}