Simple Charcuterie cheese board

original blog post:https://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2021/05/simple-charcuterie-cheese-board.html

Ingredients

For the nutty Cream cheese ball

8 oz cream cheese

1 tablespoon honey

1 tablespoon parsley

1 teaspoon rosemary

2 garlic cloves

½ cup parmesan cheese

½ cup crushed pistachios

For the Chicken meatballs

½ lb ground chicken

1 slice bread

¼ cup milk

¼ teaspoon lime zest

2 teaspoon fresh sage

1 teaspoon fresh rosemary

½ teaspoon smoked paprika

¼ teaspoon black pepper

½ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon onion powder

4 tablespoon oil to fry

4 tablespoon maple syrup

For the baked brie

1 brie cheese

1 tablespoon thyme leaves

1 clove garlic shredded

¼ cup raisins finely chopped

other ingredients

cold cuts

green grapes

purple grapes

strawberries

sesame cracker

Saltine crackers

Aged White cheddar

Smoked gouda

Pepper jelly

strawberry jelly

grape tomatoes

Blueberries

Directions

For the chicken meatballs

• place the bread to soak in milk, once saturated remove the excess milk and add the soaked bread to the ground chicken

• add all the herbs and seasonings and mix thoroughly to combine, the mixture will be soft

• Make sure your hands are wet (Meatballs won't stick to wet hands) and ball out mini meatballs, this mixture should make about 12 meatballs

• If your hands get tacky, wash and re-wet, and continue balling out

• heat up the oil in a pan and fry all the meatballs until golden on all sides and cooked through about 8 minutes

• remove from the heat, toss in maple syrup, and set aside

For the nutty cheese ball

• In a bowl combine, cream cheese, honey, parsley, rosemary, garlic and parmesan cheese

• mix to thoroughly combine

• crush pistachios into fine pieces and spread on top of a layer of plastic wrap

• Place the cheese mixture in the center and coat with nuts

• form into a disc wrap it up and place in the refrigerator, this can be done the day before you are ready to use it

For all the other ingredients

• wash all the fruits and dry well

• slice the gouda and cheddar

• place the strawberry jam and pepper jelly into small serving dishes

• portion out the crackers being used

For the baked brie

• Preheat the oven to 350

• place the brie on top of a small parchment paper sheet

• slice the top of the cheese rind and add thyme garlic and raisins

• close the top of the rind and press down as best as possible

• place in the oven and melt the brie for 15 minutes

To assemble

• start by placing down anchor points on the board, the jams, the cheese, the bowl of meatballs

• layer crackers and cheese around each anchor point

• next to each jam and cheese add larger fruit, grapes and strawberries

• fill in the gaps with deli meats

• lastly add the smallest items, blueberries and grape tomatoes, add those in little pockets of empty space all over the board.

• You want a little bit of each type of food in every section of the board.

• No wrong or right, it will look pretty and taste amazing no matter what!