Cook this: Ideal cheese board
Nancy Rokos
Chef Shereen Pavlides鈥� creation of a cheese plate incorporating a variety of five cheeses, fruits and crackers.
Chef Shereen Pavlides' creates a cheese plate incorporating a variety of five cheeses, (l) Drunkin Goat, Pecorino Toscano, Humbolt Fog, Gouda and Stilton.
In this week蘑菇视频 edition of Cook This, Chef Shereen Pavlides arranges the perfect appetizer for your holiday party.
To watch Chef Pavlides make this dish, visit HeraldStandard.com.
This cheese board is a guideline, you can customize and personalize your own to your liking. My suggestion for choosing variety is noted in parentheses. For a smaller cheese board, choose 3 cheese varieties to serve 5 鈥� 6.
Yields: 10 鈥� 12 people Prep time: 10 minutes
for the apple crackers:
juice of 1 freshly squeezed lemon
1 granny smith apple 鈥� thinly sliced
1 gala, pink lady or fuji apple 鈥� thinly sliced
for the cheese board:
about 1/2 pound Pecorino Toscano (firm, sheep蘑菇视频 milk from Italy)
about 1/2 pound Gouda (semi firm, cow蘑菇视频 milk from Holland)
about 1/2 pound Drunken Goat (semi soft, goat蘑菇视频 milk from Spain)
about 1/2 pound Humboldt Fog (soft, goat蘑菇视频 milk from USA)
about 1/2 pound Stilton (blue, cow蘑菇视频 milk from United Kingdom)
fig jam
honey
variety of dried fruits and nuts: apricots, figs and/or cranberries. Candied walnuts and/or pecans
2 (4 1/2-ounce) packages table water crackers
Prep ahead tip: Can make cheese board up to 4 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Remove to room temperature, 1 hour before your guests arrive for best flavor.
How to prepare the apple crackers:
Drizzle the lemon juice all over the apple slices. (Can store in a zipper bag, pushing out all the air and place in the refrigerator up to 4 hours ahead. The lemon juice will prevent the apples from browning.)
Arranging the cheese board:
Place the wedges of cheese onto the board, some standing up and some laying flat.
Arrange the fig jam and honey into two small separate glass or decorative bowls with a tiny spoon, onto the center or around the border of the board.
Freely place the dried fruits and/or nuts in between the cheeses, leaving room for your guests to be able to cut into each cheese. Don鈥檛 forget the cheese knifes for each cheese.
Stack the crackers throughout and fan spread the apple slices near the stilton (your blue cheese).
(Personal Note: My favorite cheese combination is to dress an apple cracker with the stilton then drizzle honey overtop. The sweetness of the honey cuts through the sharp pungency of the blue cheese, then finishes with a water crunch from the apple. To die.for.)