Summer Grazing Board
Easy
This is not necessarily a recipe as you can build a summer grazing board using your favourite ingredients. But why not take some inspiration from Keelings. Sponsored by Keelings
Summer Grazing Board
Easy
Introduction
This is not necessarily a recipe as you can build a summer grazing board using your favourite ingredients. But why not take some inspiration from Keelings. Sponsored by Keelings
Ingredients
- Olives, pitted or stuffed
- Hummus or other dips like tapenade or tzatziki
- Selection of cheeses, like brie, goats and Manchego
- Breadsticks wrapped in prosciutto ham
- A selection of berries, like strawberries, raspberries, blueberries & cherries
- Pretzels & crackers
- Thinly sliced cured meats, like Italian salami or chorizo
- Fresh figs, cut in halves
- Dried fruits like apricot or apple
- Fresh chunks of pineapple
- Selection of nuts, like walnuts, almonds or pecans
- Honey, for serving
- Fresh edible flowers, for decorating
Method
- 1. There isn’t a strict recipe to follow when building a grazing board, but offering a variety of sweet and salty, smooth and crunchy is what makes a grazing board appealing to look at and delicious to eat.
- 2. Use a very large flat serving board in whatever shape you have
- 3. Start by placing a small bowl with hummus (or your choice of dip) in the centre of the board, then work your way around the board like a clock. Have spaces between ingredients that are similar, ie. Cheeses. If you have three varieties, place them at 2, 6 and 10 o’clock. The same with nuts.
- 4. Start with putting down the larger ingredients, like cheese or bunches or grapes or large strawberries and crackers.
- 5. Try to arrange juicy ingredients like pineapple chunks next to ingredients that won’t become soggy like crackers, instead, put them in between nuts, meats or dried fruit.
- 6. Once all the larger ingredients are place on the board, use smaller ones to fill in the gaps, like smaller berries such as raspberries and blueberries, or nuts.
- 7. Ruffle up larger slices of cured meats to add texture to the board, they will also take up less space and can be squeezed between other ingredients, rather than lying them flat in slices.
- 8. Serve your board with honey, olive oil or a balsamic vinegar glaze for drizzling over cheese or cured meats.
- 9. Have one or two cheese knives to help cuts slices when enjoying, toothpicks are also handy.
- 10. Enjoy!
