Halloween Charcuterie and Cheese Board

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If you are hosting friends for tonight's festivities; or if you're just handing out candy, a Charcuterie and Cheese Board is perfect for grazing.

Ingredients

  • Halloween or Fall decoration such as mini pumpkins, gourds, skulls, and spiders
  • Seasonal Fruit such bunches of Grapes, Pomegranate, Apples
  • Variety of Cheeses such as Brie, Gruyere, Havarti, Cheddar, Fontina, Boursin, Mozzarella Pearls
  • Variety of Cured Meats such as Prosciutto, Coppa, Salami, Soppressata
  • Variety of Crackers and/or baguette slices, Soft Pretzel Bites
  • Condiments such as Whole Grain Mustard, Fruit Jams and Spreads
  • Dried Fruits such as Apricots, Raisins, Dried Cranberries and Cherries
  • Nuts such as Pecans, Walnuts and Almonds
  • Pickled Veggies and/or Olives

Instructions

1

Map out your board by placing bowls for pickled veggies or olives, mozzarella pearls and small dishes for condiments.

2

Place the larger decorative items like mini pumpkins, gourds or skulls.

3

If you have bunches of grapes, place those on the board.

4

Place the cheeses on the board.

5

Place the meats near the cheeses. If you have prosciutto or coppa, make little bundles of each slice.

6

Place rows of crackers near the meats and cheeses.

7

Fill the bowls with olives, mozzarella pearls; fill the condiment dishes with selected condiments.

8

Fill in the empty areas of the board with dried fruits and nuts, or soft pretzel bites.

9

Finally place any smaller decoration like spiders strategically around the board.

10

Place a shot glass next to the board containing toothpicks for guests to pick olives, mozzarella pearls, meats and slices of cheese.

To Make a Brie Skull

11

Use a small wheel of brie and cut wedges out of the sides of the bottom third of the cheese. Between the cut bottoms, use the tip of your knife to make four vertical slices in the brie, to resemble teeth. Dollop two small spoon fulls of fig jam for eye sockets and two smaller dollops for nose holes.