Fall Charcuterie Board
FALL CHARCUTERIE BOARD
It’s that time of the year again. Charcuterie. We all love to see it.
This year I went to Heinens to raid their amazing specialty cheeses section, because I was on the hunt for a cheese ball to make a mini pumpkin for the center of the platter. It did not disappoint! It’s easy to get carried away with cheeses on any charcuterie board. People don’t call it a cheese board for nothing!
Be sure to get some essential cracker selections for your board. The more fall centered, the better. These Heinen’s brand cranberry orange hazelnut and rosemary thyme crackers are perfect to split up a cheese board riddled with fruits as well.
If you want to make a pumpkin cheese ball, it’s really very easy. All you need is a press and seal wrap, or thin saran wrap, butchers twine, and this cheddar ball from Heinen’s that has nuts on it already! It’s the perfect texture. All you need to do, is remove the cheese ball from its packaging, wrap it in the saran wrap and take a considerable length of the twine to wrap like you are putting ribbon on a present. Fold over both ends on the bottom of the “pumpkin” ball, make a loop and pull upwards back to the top and fold it again to where it looks like you are forming pumpkin ridges. Because you are! Make sure you pull very tight on each flip once you tie off the knot at the top, press the twine in to the cheese even more so that it really forms those ridges. Place in the freezer for at least 30 minutes. When ready, cut the twine carefully, and use a butter knifes back side to bluntly press in where the twine was to make sure the ridges stay. Cut a short piece of cucumber with skin on so that you can make a cute little pumpkin stem top to push into the cheese.
Be sure to have some in season fruit spreads like apricot and fig. It really ties the Fall theme together.
To start a board like this, it’s best to arrange your dips and spreadables first. And what you would dip or spread on around them until you need to fill in any tiny gaps are holes that are glaringly obvious. I started with feta stuffed olives, fig spread and caramel sauce. There’s also a apricot fruit paste covered goat cheese mound near the fig spread. It’s a lot easier to continue the board once this has been done. Then it’s easier to go in with your fruit near the caramel, and crackers and nuts around the corners, and cheese in the middle that are near the dips and crackers. Veggies are on the opposite side near more cheese and the pumpkin shaped cheese wheel. The cheese ball is in the center so that it can be used with all things. Below is a list of all products used in my cheese board.
Ingredients
Heinens Rosemary Thyme crackers
Heinens Cranberry Orange Hazelnut crackers
Heinens Sesame Water crackers
french brie
caramel dipping sauce
apples
strawberries
kiwi
pineapple
grapes
carrots
cucumbers
Heinens Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Heinens Extra Sharp White Cheddar Cheese
Heinens Fig Spread
Heinens Candied pecans
Wanuts
Pepitas
Heinens Rosemary Marcona Almonds
Feta Stuffed Olives
Wisconsin Sharp Cheddar Spreadable Cheese with Almonds & Pecans Ball
Cranberry Chipotle Cheddar Cheese
Apricot Ginger Goat Cheese
Melkbus Truffle Cheese
