Description
Discover how to create a festive Christmas tree charcuterie board that will impress your guests this holiday season. Get creative with your holiday entertaining!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs. (680 g) green grapes
- 6 long rosemary sprigs
- 8 oz. (227 g) red grapes
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) candied pecans or plain pecans
- 5 (227 g) blocks of various white cheeses, such as havarti, sharp white cheddar etc.
- 14 oz (397 g) beef salami nuggets (I used spicy and fennel flavored)
- 5 ripe kiwi, peeled, halved through the length and sliced
- 6 oz. (170 g) fresh raspberries, or 9 oz (255 g) cherry-infused Craisins
- 5 oz. (142 g) salted roasted pistachios or pumpkin seeds (I used raw for greener color)
- 1 (283 g) jar Castelvetrano olives, drained
- 6 oz (170 g) water crackers
Instructions
- Chop two cheese blocks into small squares and cut two more into triangular pieces. Shape the last block into a star with a star-shaped cutter, and cut any leftover pieces into cubes. Keep cheeses cool until needed.
- Prepare a large surface area (approximately 28 by 20 inches, using a clean marble tabletop works well), and place white parchment paper beneath if preferred.
- Begin constructing the base of the “Christmas tree” with green grapes arranged in long clusters. Layer rosemary sprigs over them and scatter red grapes on top. Leave a gap in the center at the bottom and place pecans there to form the “trunk” of the tree.
- Add a cheese layer next, using half of the triangle pieces and two-thirds of the cheese cubes.
- Follow with a layer of half of two-thirds of the salami above the cheese.
- Proceed by placing sliced kiwi, then a layer of raspberries.
- After these layers, add another cheese layer with one-third of the remaining cubes, topped with the rest of the triangular pieces.
- Layer pistachios or pumpkin seeds on top, followed by olives to form the tree’s peak.
- Finally, place the star on top and spread a “ground” of crackers beneath the tree. Serve shortly after assembling, as the ingredients should not remain at room temperature for more than two hours.