Approaching the build of a charcuterie board can be intimidating for most.
Where do I put the crackers? How do I fill the space?
Here are some simple tips and steps for ensuring balance, diversity, and fullness for your platter.
- Decant an appropriate amount of your dips and olives into smaller ramekins and position them on the board first.
– The key is to start with your largest items first and then fill in the spaces with the smaller bits. - Next place your cheeses and meats.
– A tip for having multiple cheese flavour options without creating too many leftovers is to purchase Shale Point’s ‘cut & wrap’ slices or pick from our 125g ‘mini’ range. - Crackers go next. We like to fan them out in curves that compliment the shape of the board and the accompaniments on it.
- Add your fruit and nuts in small clusters around the board, making sure to fill in the remaining blank spaces.
- Finally, if you are wanting to take the aesthetic to the next level… Add greenery! It’s amazing how elevated the addition of a few sprigs of rosemary the board becomes. As well as carrying with it, a gorgeous fresh fragrance.