Although charcutier boards have been a thing for a while now, I haven't really tried to master one before last week. Still, I always thought that it would be fun to play with a serving board and a mixture of sliced meats, prepared cheeses, nuts, fruits, veg, crackers, and other small snacks and to create something tasty but nice to look at , too.
Last week there was an event that seemed just right for a charcutier board, so I explored what was in our pantry and fridge, bought a few things that were missing and tried it out. Being playful didn't mean that I didn't apply some of the elements of design to it. I decided to go with symmetric placement and repetition, made sure that there were variations of color and texture and that there were all of the elements.
The photo at the top shows the finished product...almost. I also pushed some of the pistachio nuts aside in one corner on each side and added, right before serving, a few ripe blackberries! Unfortunately I didn't take a photo of that, but the one above gives a pretty good idea.
Included were:
sliced salami, sliced deli roast turkey, cubes of Swiss cheese and cubes/shards of sharp cheddar cheese, cucumber slices, almond crackers, mini-pretzels, pistachios, mango balls, and blackberries. The salami slices were folded in half and lined up with the cheese and crackers keeping them together. The turkey came in nice folds.
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