Build your own charcuterie board
By Chatelaine
Photo: Roberto Caruso
Easy to assemble and dressed to impress, a charcuterie board with all the trimmings brings holiday guests together like nothing else can.
Ingredients
-
Iberian cured
salami
-
dry chorizo
-
summer
sausage
-
prosciutto
-
coppa
-
bresaola
-
baguette
, sliced and toasted
-
crackers
-
mixed
nuts
-
grainy mustard
-
fig jam
-
grapes
-
honey
-
sliced
pears
-
dried
apricots
-
hard
cheese
, (parmesan or aged cheddar)
Instructions
- Plan to serve 60 to 90 g of charcuterie per person (about half of that for any tiny guests).
- Slice dried, hard sausages into rounds so that they’re easy to stack (or make mini “sandwiches”). Try a herbed chorizo and a mild summer sausage.
- Add a paper-thin sliced serrano ham, prosciutto or coppa, and arrange loosely. Meats like these are easy for kids to grasp and chew.
- Serve it all with something pickled to cut the richness, nuts for crunch, sliced baguette, crackers, a selection of mustards, and dried fruit, jam or chutney for a sweet contrast.
Originally published in the Today’s Parent November/December 2018 issue. Photo by Roberto Caruso.
