Cheese Board Ideas

Looking to impress your guests with a stunning and delicious cheese board? Our recipe card provides a guide to making a cheese board, as seen in the picture. While our blog post offers even more easy cheese board ideas. Classic pairings like brie and crackers, as well as unique combinations like boursin with sweet chilli, are included. Wine pairings are also given underneath the recipe card. Get ready to wow your guests at your next family gathering or dinner party with these simple yet elegant ideas!

📝 Ingredients

• 200 grams Brie (wheel)
• 200 grams Medium Cheddar
• 150 grams Stilton
• 100 grams Smoked Applewood Cheese
• 100 grams Wensleydale with Cranberries
• 100 grams Red Leicester (Vintage)
• 150 grams Boursin
• 150 grams Goats Cheese (Chevre log)
• 100 grams Extra Mature Cheddar
• 100 grams Mini Mozzarella Balls
• 4 Figs
• Bunch Red Grapes
• Bunch Green Grapes
• 8 Dried Apricots
• Handful Pistachio
• Assorted Crackers (We used ritz, water crackers and oatcakes.)
• 1/2 Pack Hovis Digestives
• 70 grams Mini Pretzels
• 2 tbsp Branston Pickle
• 2 tbsp Chilli Jam
• Handful Cornichons
• Handful Olives
• Handful Sundried Tomatoes
• Handful Pickled Onions
• 2 tbsp Sweet Chilli Sauce (To pour over Boursin)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Cheese Board: Begin by choosing a cheese board or slate to use for your grazing platter. Make sure it is big enough to fit all the cheeses on with space between them.
2. 2Slice the first few slices of your medium cheddar, applewood smoked cheese, brie and goat's cheese. Add them to the board.*The cheeses included here are what we used, see the blog post for help choosing.
3. 3Cube: Cut the extra mature cheddar and red leicester into cubes.
4. 4Crumble: The Stilton and Wensleydale are easier to crumble with a fork.
5. 5Crackers: Place different crackers, biscuits and pretzels around the cheeses.
6. 6Fill empty gaps between the cheese and biscuits with the remaining ingredients.
7. 7Boursin: Pour sweet chilli sauce over the Boursin cheese.
8. 8Chutney: Transfer chutney and pickle into small dishes to add to the platter.
9. 9Serve: Ready to serve.