Charcuterie platter: see tips for assembling and enjoying with a good wine

Sophisticated and delicious the cold table is a good option for numerous occasions🇧🇷 Will you receive family or friends at home? Do you have an appointment scheduled at home? Or are you just in the mood to whip up something yummy while enjoying some good wine? The answer to all these questions could be the cold table!

The good thing about this dish is that there is no right and wrong. The most important thing is to make a choice of ingredients that harmonize with each other. You can choose the side dishes you prefer, depending on how much you are willing to spend and your tastes.

He gave mouth is watering just thinking about it, huh? If you’re thinking about investing in a tasty charcuterie board for this Saturday night, check out our assembly tips. In this way you will be able to prepare the perfect dish to be enjoyed without having to leave the house.

Cheeses and sausages

As the name suggests, this is a cold table. Therefore, it is important invest in processed foods and cheeses, considered by many to be the protagonists of this appetizer. Among the cheese options, choose those with different flavors and textures to vary the dish. As for the cold ones, opt for at least two different types.

It is possible to choose according to personal taste or price. Some cheese suggestions are provolone, brie, gorgonzola, parmesan, gouda, gruyere, cheddar, and buffalo mozzarella. Cut them into medium-small pieces and spread them out on the wooden board. They don’t need to be straight!

As for the sausages, you can choose between the meats🇧🇷 Some options are roast beef, salami, parma or raw ham and sirloin. A tip for vegetarians or vegans is to look for the versions plant based of these ingredients, but you might as well leave them out as there is still plenty of flavor in the other side dishes!

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To increase the ingredients on your charcuterie board, you can use accessories that you usually already have at home🇧🇷 Cucumbers, black or green olives, quail eggs, dried tomatoes and peppers are excellent and harmonize very well with everything! Finding it in your fridge, you won’t need to spend so much on the market.

fruit and nuts

Fresh and dried fruit can balance the powerful flavors of your charcuterie board🇧🇷 Strawberry, grapes, kiwi, figs and melon are good options, as are apricots, dates, prunes and raisins. Also also chestnuts and walnuts give a unique flavor to the table🇧🇷 Whether to make it more beautiful or to delight you, bet on cashews, Brazil nuts, almonds, peanuts and pistachios.

Bread, pâté and jams

Another interesting option balancing the palate during the consumption of the cold cuts platter is guaranteeing the loaves🇧🇷 French, Italian, rye, baguettes, slippers and breadsticks go well with cheeses, cured meats and sauces, such as patè, herbal mayonnaise, hummus, garlic paste, jellies, among others. Making pâtés and jellies is very simple. And you can use ingredients you already have at home. Check out these two recipes to try at home:

black olive pate

Time: 15 minutes

Performance: 12 portions

Difficulty: easy

Black Olive Pate Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup pitted black olives (chopped)
• 1 cup cottage cheese (mashed)
• 1/4 cup cold milk (tea)
• 2 tablespoons of chopped onion
• Salt and black pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Method of preparation:

In a blender, beat the olives, ricotta, milk, onion, salt and pepper until smooth. Add the parsley and mix with a spoon. Pour into a bowl, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Serve, if desired, with toast.

Strawberry jam

Time: 40min (+1h of fridge)

Performance: 4 portions

Difficulty: easy

Strawberry jelly ingredients:

• 700 g of chopped strawberries
• 1 1/2 cups (tea) sugar
• 1/2 cup orange juice (tea)
• 2 tablespoons grated orange zest (optional)

Method of preparation:

In a pan mix all the ingredients. Bring to a low boil and cook for 25 minutes, after boiling or until reduced and slightly thickened. Let it cool, put it in a compote and put it in the fridge for 1 hour. Serve with bread and biscuits.

layout of the board

Once you’ve decided on your favorite ingredients, it’s time to assemble your cold table🇧🇷 What makes this snack so sophisticated is how clean it is! You can enhance the decoration by cutting the fruit in a prettier way and using salami or other sausage to form a flower. Use your imagination when putting everything on the piece of wood!

don’t forget to put toothpicks so everyone can help themselves to appetizers🇧🇷 If your charcuterie board has spreadable creams or jellies, some spatulas are also essential, as are napkins. With everything ready, it’s time to taste!

drink with wine

And you may already be wondering what this charcuterie board goes with. These cheeses, sausages, preserves, fruits, nuts and breads goes perfectly with the wine! So make sure you aim for a good wine to accompany this tasty dish that everyone will enjoy.

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