Christmas Charcuterie Board
You can make a beautiful Christmas Tree Charcuterie Board to feed your holiday guests and wow them with your table decor in just a few minutes.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- Fresh Rosemary sprigs
- 8 oz Cheddar Cheese cubes
- 8 oz Pepper Jack Cheese cubes
- 8 oz Colby Cheese cubes
- 8 oz Fresh Mozzarella balls
- 1 cup Cherry Tomatoes halved
- 1 cup Black Olives cured and pitted
- 1 cup Green Olives cured and pitted
- 4 oz Pepperoni sliced
- 4 oz Salami sliced
- 11/2 cups grapes purple and green, seedless
- Slice of Colby Jack Cheese 1 slice for star
- 1/4 cup Pretzel Sticks
Instructions
- Use a large rectangular platter or wooden cutting board.
- Place your pretzels vertically at the bottom of the platter/board to create the trunk of the tree.
- Then lay a row of fresh rosemary horizontally across the bottom of the board to establish the base of your tree.
- After that, just begin placing your ingredients in thin, shorter rows to create a triangle.
- Make sure as you are assembling your tree to plan it out using a mix of colors!
- Continue by laying the pepperoni slices
- Then add a mixture of the pepper jack and colby cheeses
- Next, a row of black olives. Then a row of green grapes.
- Next, lay another row of rosemary to create branches throughout the tree.
- Then, add your salami and mozzarella balls. This is important because you want to fold your salmi in half and use the mozzarella balls to prop the slices up.
- Add another row of rosemary, then place your cheddar cheese and green olives.
- Continue adding rows of rosemary throughout the assembly to create the look of tree branches.
- Lastly, add your tomatoes and red grapes
- Use a star shaped cookie cutter (or a paring knife) to cut out a star from a slice of colby cheese
- Place the star on top and add little springs of rosemary throughout and you're all set!
- Serve with club crackers, pretzels or bread chips!
Notes
- Know that you can place and choose ingredients to your liking! This takes a little bit of finessing and you may find olives and grapes rolling around on your board a bit but once you start, it's pretty easy to fill in and create a cute, decorative board!