Christmas Tree Charcuterie Board (for beginners!)
This festive charcuterie board is built in the shape of a Christmas tree with cheese, fruit, cucumbers, candied ginger, and rosemary! It's easy to make using a string to build the outline of a tree that you simply fill in with rows of goodies.
Yield: 6 people
Ingredients
- 6 to 8 ounces semi-hard cheeses like gouda cheddar, and havarti
- 10 to 15 red grapes
- 1/2 cup marcona almonds
- 2 to 3 mini cucumbers sliced into rounds
- 4 to 5 sprigs of fresh rosemary
- 3 ounces salami
- 1/2 cup fresh raspberries
- 1/4 cup candied ginger
- crackers
- handful of olives for adding to tree when built
- honey for serving
Instructions
- Select a cheese board that is big enough to create your tree shape. I used a wooden board with metal rim, which is 18 inches in diameter.
- Take a roll of string and create an even triangle shape on the board, taping each of the 3 corners of the triangle to the board so it stays in place.
- Use one layer of crackers to create the 1st row in the tree at the bottom of the triangle. Then add sticks of cheese, and a row of purple grapes above that.
- Above the grapes place two rows of sliced mini cucumber.
- The next layer is marcona almonds (you can lightly mound these to fill in).
- Then add two layers of raspberries. And then a good amount of cubed cheese above that.
- Folded salami is the next layer, and then crackers come in again to fill things in above.
- Top the tree with cheese that is cut into stars or snowflakes.
- Scatter candied ginger amongst the ingredients to add some sparkle, and wedge in stalks of fresh rosemary between some of the rows to create the look of a tree. Then scatter in a few round olives to look like ornaments. Carefully remove the string that is taped to the board. Serve with honey on the side.