Epic Holiday Cheese Board Recipe

Ingredients

• Brie cheese + honeycomb + pomegranate seeds
• Fresh mozzarella + olive oil + flaky sea salt + black pepper
• Smoked gouda + fontina cheese (sliced)
• Store-bought or homemade hummus + olive oil + minced parsley
• Red and green peppers (sliced or cut into star shapes with a cookie cutter)
• Hazelnuts + olives + dried cranberries + sweet mini peppers
• Pomegranate seeds + orange segments + honey
• Store-bought beet chips + parsnip chips
• Rosemary (to decorate)
• 1 pear (cored and sliced)
• 2 tablespoons goat cheese
• 2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds
• 20 bocconcini pearls (or regular bocconcini cut in half)
• 20 grape tomatoes (cut in half)
• 2 tablespoons reduced balsamic vinegar

Instructions

1. 1

   assemble: Put the brie on your cheese board and top with some honeycomb (or honey) and a few pomegranate seeds. Put the mozzarella in a bowl and drizzle it with olive oil, sprinkle it with salt and pepper and put it on the board. Arrange the sliced gouda and fontina on the board.

2. 2

   plate the hummus: Either put the hummus in a bowl or directly on the board, if it is marble. Drizzle some olive oil and sprinkle some parsley over top. Arrange the peppers around it.

3. 3

   arrange: Add the pear and goat cheese slices and the tomato bocconcini bites to the board then arrange the remaining ingredients to fill in all the gaps on the board.

4. 4

   --- Pear and Goat Cheese Slices ---

5. 5

   make pear slices: Place a little goat cheese at the end of each pear slice and fan them out on the board. Sprinkle some pomegranate seeds over the goat cheese.

6. 6

   --- Tomato Bocconcini Bites ---

7. 7

   make bocconcini bites: Skewer the bocconcini and tomatoes on toothpicks and pour the reduced balsamic vinegar into a small bowl.