Name: 10 Minute Charcuterie Board
Prep time: 1 min
Cook time: 9 min
Ingredients: 0.8 lb Cheeses (Swiss, Havarti, Provolone, Mozzarella, Cheddar, Gouda); 0.2 lb Goat Cheese; 0.2 lb Cranberry Sauce; ⅛ Ground Cinnamon (optional); 15-20 Crackers; 0.25 lb Pecans (or almonds, pistacious, or a mix of different nuts); 0.1 lb Pickles (use pickle rounds); 10 Green Olives; 3 sprigs Parsley (optional)

Impress everyone with the Best Charcuterie Board ever! This is the best ever appetizer, or even a light lunch. And the best part is, you can make it in just 15 minutes with whatever you have in your fridge and pantry!

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That’s right, you can put together an amazing meat and cheese board in just minutes! Read this blog post, as we share tons of charcuterie board ideas, to help you create your very own cheese board or platter with whatever you have on hand!

Best Boards for Charcuterie

What is the best board to use for charcuterie? Any board that looks nice will do, here are a few fun boards to check out:

– Large Acacia Wood Cutting Board, with interesting looking grain is a great board to display your meat, cheese and veggies on.

– TeakHaus by Proteak Edge Grain Carving Board, cool looking board for displaying all the charcuterie.

– Bamboo Cutting Boards, another great wooden board, that is great for displaying your delicious appetizers.

– Personalized Charcuterie Boards to arrange your delicious meats and cheeses.

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– Extra Crispy Instant Pot and Air Fryer Lid Chicken Wings, crispy and delicious chicken wings, made in your air fryer.

– Healthy Air Fryer French Fries Recipe, crispy and delicious chicken wings, made in your air fryer.

Charcuterie Board Ideas

What ingredients do you need for a simple charcuterie board? The best thing about it is that you can use a lot of things that you already have in your fridge and pantry! Take a look at what you have:

Meats and Cold Cuts

You can use any cold cuts and meats for charcuterie. Prosciutto, ham, salami, roast beef and even cooked bacon will be perfect to put on your board to use for charcuterie! Cut bigger pieces of bacon or roast beef into smaller bite size pieces, and present them on your board.

Cheeses

We love cheese, and you can truly use any cheese you currently have in your fridge. Blue cheese, Gorgonzola, Parmesan, Goat cheese, mozzarella, Gouda, Cheddar, Havarti. Whatever cheese you have will be great on your board!

Better yet, serve a few different cheeses, to provide delicious variety for your charcuterie platter. Serve goat cheese with a spreader for easy spreading, and cut other cheeses into small slices, so that they are easy to eat.

Crackers and Breads

You gotta eat your cheese with some crackers, right? Add a few different types of crackers to your board, different shapes or different sizes work really nicely together.

Don’t have crackers? Make toast, and cut them into cute small triangles and arrange those on the tray.

Vegetables

Raw and cooked vegetables are perfect for your diy charcuterie board! Grape and cherry tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers cut into rounds, pickles, small cornichons, all of these are so delicious and perfect for your board.

Fruits and Berries

Fruits and berries are also delicious on your easy charcuterie board. Raspberries, strawberries, pear and apple slices, grapes, orange segments are all delicious as a part of your board.

Nuts and Seeds

How about adding some nuts to the board? Pecans, pistachios, walnuts, almonds and peanuts are all delicious and perfect to include in your delicious creation.

Jams, Dips and Sauces

There are so many things you can include here, so let your creativity take over! Jams are great with cheese. Dips such as Easy Hummus, Cranberry Orange Relish, Guacamole and more!

How To Make DIY Charcuterie Board

So many people are intimidated by making a simple meat and cheese board, but there is nothing intimidating about it. In fact, this is one of the simplest appetizers, or even light lunches or dinners that you can make.

You can make the charcuterie board as small or as big as you would like. Just increase or decrease the amount of ingredients that you use

First, decide what you want to include in your board. We recommend different items from the different items above. Some cheeses, meats, veggies, nuts and then arrange them on a board that you will use for charcuterie. No fun board? No problem. A tray or a platter will work just as well.

Here is how to make this delicious board:

Cut cheeses into slices.

In a small bowl add goat cheese and top with some cranberry sauce or jam.

Put olives and pickles in small bowls.

On a Charcuterie Board arrange cheeses, nuts, a few different types of crackers, salami and other ingredients.

Enjoy!

Serve on an appetizer table with other appetizers, such as Caramel Apple Nachos, Cheesy Garlic Bread, Classic Deviled Eggs, Cucumber Salmon Bites, Crispy Chicken Wings, Instant Pot Cranberry Apple Infused Water.

Christmas Charcuterie Board

Looking for a Christmas charcuterie board? This recipe is perfect to serve for Christmas, and you can add a few more items to make it perfect for the holidays:

– Add even more green items — green onions, cheese with chives in it, cream cheese veggie dip with red peppers and parsley, cucumber rounds — anything that looks festive will be perfect on your Christmas charcuterie board!

– Add more red items — grape and cherry tomatoes, cranberries, strawberry jam, roasted red peppers — for more festive colors on your board.

What To Serve With Charcuterie Board

There are so many ways to serve this! You can serve it on Pumpkin dishes as a part of an appetizer table with Air Fryer French Fries, Avocado Deviled Eggs No Mayo, Blistered Shishito Peppers, Air Fryer Garlic Parmesan Chicken Legs, Fudge Brownies, Pumpkin Spice Latte.

Or, make a small board, and serve it on Thanksgiving dinnerware as an appetizer for dinner of Instant Pot Turkey Breast, Roasted Butternut Squash Cubes, Roasted Brussels Sprouts With Pecans, Instant Pot Caramel Apple Cheesecake, Instant Pot Apple Cider.

Or, serve it on Blue and white dinner plates with Porterhouse Steak, Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes, Instant Pot Corn On The Cob, Blue Cheese Wedge Salad, Easy Cucumber Lemon Mint Water, Heart Shaped Brownies.

What Other Charcuterie Boards Can You Make?

There are tons of different boards you can make:

– Celebrations Boards, make them to celebrate every holiday! Thanksgiving board, Christmas board, Valentine’s Day board, are all delicious and fun to make!

– Vegetarian Charcuterie Board, skip the meat and make a cheese board with veggies, fruits, berries and crackers. So delicious, you will not miss the meat.

– Cheese and Meat Board, want just cheese and meat? No problem, fill up your board with cheese and meat!

– Breakfast Charcuterie Board, fill up the board with ham and eggs cups, sausage, bacon and fruit salad.

– Candy Charcuterie Board, a delicious dessert board! Lots of candy, truffles, brownies, pumpkin bread and other desserts.

Can You Make Charcuterie Board in Advance?

Because it contains cheese, we don’t recommend making charcuterie boards in advance. Cheese is best to eat as soon as you cut it, so cut the slices, and eat it.

The best thing about this recipe is that it makes just 10 minutes to make, so make it right before you serve it.

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