Making a beautiful cheese board to entertain guests and friends! Here are some quick step by step guides to creating a beautiful and well-balanced cheese board that everyone will remember!
When you host a party, one of the easiest appetizers that you can put together is a cheese board. You can prepare and set ahead of time, and it’s the perfect treat to welcome and greet your guests. A full stock cheese board will keep your guests entertained and delighted while you’re in the kitchen preparing the main meal.
Step-by-Step Tutorials on How To Make The BestCheese Board
The purpose of my tutorial is meant for beginners. With this tutorial, anyone should be able to make a pretty good cheese board.
Step 1: Pick a cheese board
I’ve been using different shapes of cutting boards for my cheese board in the past, but this time I enjoyed making a cheese board with这款美丽的奶酪板岩板。I received it as a gift fromSlate Plate。I always wanted to get a slate board, so this partnership worked out perfectly and I had so much fun creating the largest cheese board (size: 12″ x 24″) I had ever made.
Here is my quick feedback on my first time using a slate board.
- 鲜明对比：板岩板的深色与浅色奶酪和薄脆饼干呈现出真正的对比。与具有类似浅色的木板或大理石奶酪板相比，更多的诱惑。
- 可以绘制：With a slate board, you can easily use white chalk to write messages, name of food, and doodle artwork.
- 简单to clean and lightweight:It’s easy to clean and lighter than wooden or marble cheese boards in case you plan to cheese board to a party. You can even put the finished cheese board in the refrigerator as it doesn’t take up much space compared to the wooden or marble cheese board.
奶酪板选择
- Slate board (I usedthis 12″ x 24″– great for a big party.)
- Wooden cutting board
- 服务拼盘
- 烤盘
第2步：添加奶酪
The important key for a good cheese board is to have different types of MILK SOURCES, TEXTURES, FLAVORS, COLORS, and SHAPES. Display the cheesein a clockwise方向，从柔软到坚定，并用蓝芝士结束。
Milk Sources:cow, sheep, goat, combination, etc.
Textures:Cheese comes in different textures – soft, semi-soft, semi-hard, hard, crumbly.
- Fresh cheese:湿润，奶油和温和。例子：Burrata，Chèvre（山羊），弗塔，马苏里拉
- Bloomy-rind soft cheese:buttery, creamy, and mushroomy. Examples: Camembert, Champignon, Brillat-Savarin, La Tur, double/triple-creme Brie, Humboldt Fog (goat)
- Semi-soft cheese: pliable, mellow, and earthy. Examples: Fontina, Midnight moon (goat), Morbier, Pyrenees Brebis
- 半硬奶酪：firm, mild, delicate. Examples: Emmental, Gruyère, Manchego, Mimolette, P’tit Basque (sheep)
- Aged/Firm cheese:dry, savory, and caramel-y. Examples: aged Gouda, clothbound Cheddar, Parmigiano-Reggiano, Piave
- Blue cheese:pungent. Examples: Cambozola, Gorgonzola, Roquefort, Stilton
Flavors:similarly, cheese comes in different strength – from mild to stinky.
Colors:The majority of the cheese is pale yellow but there are some orange cheese and some with other ingredients like mushrooms inside the cheese.
Shapes:圆形，矩形，三角形等 - 它为奶酪板添加了角色。
For this cheese board, I used:Organic Mt. Tam Triple Creme Cowgirl Creamery (CA, USA), Truffle Gouda by KLare Melk (Netherlands), Midnight Moon Aged Goat Gouda Cypress Grove (CA, USA), P’tit Basque Istara (France), Bella Vistano Rum Runner Sartori, (WI, USA), Piave Lattlebursche (Italy), and Cambozola Black Label Champignon (Germany).
How much cheese is enough?
不同的消息来源说不同的东西......但总的来说，每人3-4盎司（85-113克）似乎是一个很好的数字。您可以随身用蜡纸或羊皮纸包装剩余的奶酪（这是如何做) and store it in the fridge.
Do & Don’t
- 买整体奶酪。看起来更漂亮，更功能（有些人可能只想要一点）。预切片的奶酪看起来像是他们来自熟食店。
- 不要害怕。用奶酪柜台去一个大型超市，并用你的问题问奶酪。如果您不确定收到什么，请尝试样本并询问建议。当然，奶酪真的取决于每个人的偏好，但奶酪队至少可以根据你的偏好给出建议，而不是你盲目地挑选一些奶酪（虽然有些时候可能会很有趣）。
Step 3: Add salty foods
I usually put 3 types of salty foods.
Charcuterie:您实际上可以编写整个帖子，致力于如何构建Charcuterie。但对于这款奶酪板，我们只需要一些样品。我的建议包括Prosciutto，Coppa，JamónIbérico，Mortadella，Salami，Soppressata，Speck和Pâté或恐怖洲。
橄榄：我们喜欢Castelvetrano橄榄，Cerignola橄榄和酿橄榄。由于橄榄湿润，让它们保持在一个小碗中，以便以后可以保存。我不是橄榄专家，所以看看这篇文章良好guide。
Nuts:Nuts for crunch! Marcona almonds, candied walnuts/pecans are excellent (I know, these are sweet and should be in the next section). My family’s current favorite is Trader Joe’s Salt & Pepper Pistachios.
Step 4: Add sweet foods
之间有一个小破可口的和丰富的cheese and salty foods, it’s nice to have sweet foods. For this section, I usually put fresh and dried fruits.
Fresh fruits:我总是去葡萄，最好是2到3种类型的葡萄，不同的颜色和尺寸。如果你使用像苹果和梨一样氧化的水果，在服用之前浸泡在盐水中并彻底排水（在日本，我们使用盐水而不是柠檬汁），所以它们不会变成暗坐的董事会。
干果：Dried apricots are a must. Look at the color it brings to the cheese board – it’s like a jewel. It also goes well with some of the cheese! I also like to add cranberries. The best part about dried fruits is that they are available all year round.
第5步：添加一些饼干和面包
为客人提供几种饼干和面包是很好的。尝试不同的碳水化合物是非常有趣的，以各种奶酪组合。
My favorite cracker choices areLa Panzanella Mini Croccantini crackers(love all 3 – original, rosemary, and roasted garlic!), and Brioche toasts and Raisin Rosemary Crisps from Trader Joe’s. My kids love breadsticks and I sometimes serve baguettes.
You can pile your choice of crackers and bread on the cheese board where there are openings, and you can add more when the stack is low.
第6步：添加一些涂抹/调味品
You can totally go without spreads/condiments. BUT some of them I listed here might be in your kitchen. Plus, it’s more fun with contrasting flavors and textures.
- Cornichons – great with meats.
- Fig jam – goes well with both sweet and savory.
- Honey – drizzle on blue cheese and goat cheese.
- Preserves – anything you like or you have in the back of your pantry.
- Tapenade – adds nice saltiness!
- 全谷物芥末 - 伟大的香肠和肉类。
I wished that I had thesemini stainless steel cupsfor condiments at the time of shooting (now I have them). They are great for saving some space.
Step 7: Pick some wines
Aia Vecchia Wine Review
什么是奶酪和腌制的肉类？葡萄酒！最近我们有机会尝试Vermentino和AIA Vecchia Winery的ugoby Pellegrini family. The winery is located in the Bolgheri wine region on the Tuscan coast. The Sor Ugo is a red wine blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot. The Vermentino is 95% Vermentino and 5% Viognier. Both wines were super delicious and worked really well with the cheese plate.
The Vermentino had the sweet aroma of honey and honeydew and smelled refreshing. As your drink, you taste flavorful sweet summer fruits. The texture is creamy and ends with a white peppery spice. Sor Ugo was completely different, instead of playful and fun, it was mature and rich. It smelled of vineyards, berries, and oak. As you drink, you taste blackberries, licorice, herbs, and also had a peppery dry finish. The texture was very velvety, yet clear and crisp.
We shared the wines with our friends as we enjoyed the cheese board and everyone loved the two wines from Aia Vecchia.
你美丽的奶酪板的最后提示
- 配上奶酪刀和吊具。
- 奶酪最好在室温下供应。在服务前约30分钟从冰箱中取出奶酪。
- Display some of the cheeses as a whole, and cut some in different shapes like wedges, cubes, spears, pies.
关于日本和奶酪的有趣事实
Growing up in Japan, the common cheese was “process(ed) cheese” (プロセスチーズ). After WWII, food companies tried to bring in American cheese to Japan. However, a block shape of cheese reminded the Japanese of the soap and the flavors were way too strong for Japanese taste.
The processed cheese made in Japan use gouda and cheddar cheese which were more mild to eat. Then companies like Kraft started to sell sliced cheese and “pizza cheese” using processed cheese.
Various imported cheese is gaining popularity in recent years, and you can visit department store basements and international supermarkets for a decent selection. What I’ve noticed in the past few years is even in the regular local supermarkets the cheese sections seem to be slightly expanding.
If you want to check out other appetizer ideas, read10.简单Holiday Appetizers, Salads, & Desserts。
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