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Christmas Tree Charcuterie Board

This festive Christmas charcuterie board is a holiday showstopper, arranged like a wreath or Christmas tree. It features a colorful assortment of cured meats, cheeses, fruits, nuts, and seasonal garnishes and is both beautiful and delicious. Perfect for holiday gatherings, this charcuterie board offers something for everyone and adds a cheerful and tasty touch to your holiday table.
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Time to Arrange Charcuterie 25 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Servings 10 people.

Equipment

Ingredients
  

Meats - Pick 3-5 different preserved or dry-aged meats, such as:

  • Dry aged salami
  • Prosciutto
  • Pepperoni
  • Sopressata
  • Capicola

Cheeses - Choose 3-5 cheeses picking an array of soft, fresh, semi-hard, hard, or blue, such as:

  • Gorgonzola
  • Gruyere
  • Havarti
  • Provolone
  • Goat cheese
  • Fresh mozzarella balls
  • Brie

Salty - Pick an array of salty items such as:

  • Marinated Olives
  • Black or green olives
  • Pistachios
  • Cashews
  • Marinated artichokes
  • Heart of Palm
  • Roasted almonds
  • Toasted walnuts with Rosemary
  • Assorted crakers

Sweet - Pick a few fruits and sweet treats to add to the board such as:

  • Honey for drizzling
  • Balsamic glaze
  • Chocolate covered almonds
  • Jams/Jelly fig conserve
  • Sugared cranberries
  • Apples sliced
  • Pomegranate seeds
  • Berries such as strawberries, raspberries or blackberries
  • Grapes
  • Candied Nuts
  • Chocolates

Instructions
 

  • Ready-made or premade items make for a simpler and hassle-free setup, so if you can, plan ahead and premake any homemade items that take time the day or so before assembly, such as dips, roasted olives, candied nuts, etc.
  • If making a wreath or Christmas tree board, start by making a border with rosemary springs. This will serve as an outline for your shape and give you an idea for how much room you have for all your items.
  • If using brie cheese, you can cut out a shape such as a star, snowflake, or Christmas tree on the top of the cheese. Peel out the cut shape, which can be used as a tree star or decoration on your board. Fill in the empty space on the brie with jam or pomegranate seeds.
  • Place any small bowls or containers inside the shape or on your board. Bowls can be filled with items such as dips, jams, jellies, soft or crumbly cheeses, nuts, and olives, etc.
  • Next, add the bulky meats such as the meat roses or thick sausages to the board as well.
  • Then, add your cheeses, filling in the spaces around the bowls and meats.
  • Next, fill in any empty spaces with all other items, such as your fruits, crackers, sweets, nuts, etc... Continue filling the board until all the spaces are filled and covered.
  • Readjust your rosemary sprigs around the border and garnish small opened areas with your greenery such as rosemary springs or use candied cranberries or pomegranate seeds.
  • You can assemble up to an hour in advance. Cover with plastic wrap and keep in the fridge until ready.

Notes

TIPS

  • Offer 3-5 different meats- too many can be overwhelming, but a nice variety of 3 to 5 offers diversity and variation without making it too complicated. Varying the textures of the meats is also a good rule of thumb such as doing dry aged such as salami, wet aged such as prosciutto and a smoked sausage type. The average pre-packaged deli-style meat is 6-16 ounces.
Keyword charcuterie, cheese, meat
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