Description
Dazzle your guests this holiday season with a beautiful Cheese Board filled with an assortment of cheese, fall fruit, honey-roasted quince, nuts, honey, olives, and crackers. Perfect for the Thanksgiving table or fall gatherings!
Ingredients
Units
- 1 – 1 1/2 lbs cheese (3-5 varieties – one blue-veined, one creamy brie, one hard aged, one semi firm)
- 3 or more kinds of seasonal fruits – persimmons, pear, apple, figs, grapes, pomegranate, blood oranges, berries
- 1 cup olives- try Castelvetranos
- 1 cup toasted or spiced nuts- Try these Maple pecans or Marcona almonds
- 1/2 cup honey, jam or preserves
- fresh rosemary, sage or thyme sprigs for garnishing
- Sourdough Crackers or Rustic seed crackers
Honey Roasted Quince ( or pears)
Instructions
- Gather a few small bowls, and place them on one large cutting board or platter. Place board where it will live for the event. Fill the bowls with nuts, honey, preserves, olives, roasted quince. Arrange cheeses on the board around the bowls.
- Tuck in the cut fruit into the gaps and add sprigs of fresh herbs or surround the boards with colorful fall leaves.
- Add crackers and utensils.
- Play around and have fun – it’s kind of like decorating or painting. So much fun!!!
Notes
Honey Roasted Quince:
- preheat oven to 375F
- Slice quince into ¼ inch thick wedges (no need to peel) and toss with oil. Spread out on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and pepper and place in the oven for 30 minutes, stirring once, halfway through. After 30 minutes, drizzle with honey, stir, and return to the oven for 10 more minutes, turning the heat off. Place in a bowl and top with crushed toasted hazelnuts. Place on the cheese board.
Feel free to add charcuterie!
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 286
- Sugar: 9.6 g
- Sodium: 284 mg
- Fat: 19.4 g
- Saturated Fat: 7.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 17.9 g
- Fiber: 2.2 g
- Protein: 11.5 g
- Cholesterol: 37.4 mg