Impress your guests this holiday season with this beautiful and festive charcuterie board. This Christmas Tree Charcuterie Board is easy to make, eye-catching and the ideal addition to add to any snack table. Add homemade items and local holiday favorites to give it a cozy and personal touch!The ingredients listed below are what I used. See the blog post for more ideas!
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Italian
Keyword Charcuterie, Entertaining
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 6people
Author Amanda McGillicuddy
Equipment
Large board
Parchment paper
Scissors
Cutting board
Star-shaped cookie cutter Optional
Ingredients
For the Tree
1Parchment paper triangle
¼cupWhite chocolate chipsUsed to fill the star
4slicesThick-cut dry salamiUsed to make the 'trunk'
2ouncesFresh rosemaryTo frame the tree
For the 'Garlands'
2ozDry Italian salami
2Peppered salami
4ozCranberry goat cheeseSliced
4ozWhite cheddarSliced
6Baby cucumber
For Fill
1ozDry coppa
½lbGreen grapes
½lbBlack seedless table grapes
10-15Crackers
⅓cupGarlic-stuffed green olives
2tbspStrawberry preserves
¼Pecans and walnuts
For the 'Ornaments'
5Baby mozerella balls
4Foil-wrapped chocolate
¼cup Blackberries
Instructions
Start by cutting a triangle out of parchment paper. This will act as a stencil for your tree. Ideally, this triangle should be taller than it is wide and slightly smaller than your board. Place the triangle centered on the board.
Place the star at the top of the tree. You can use anything star-shaped that is an appropriate size, like a star-shaped cookie, a cookie cutter, or a star cut out of cheese. If using a cookie cutter, fill the cookie cutter with small white or yellow items (I used white chocolate chips).
Create the tree trunk by placing several thick-cut slices of salami or a pile of cubed cheese shaped as a rectangle at the base of the parchment paper triangle.
To begin your board, you want to place any large items first. This will allow you to build around them with the other ingredients. If you have more than one dish, be sure to not place them next to each other.
Start building 'garlands' of ingredients using rows of sliced cheeses, rolled salami (I used a bamboo skewer to keep these organized), baby cucumbers, chocolate squares, or crackers. Build these 'garlands' parallel to one another and at an angle going up the tree. Make sure all ingredients are within the triangle.
Fill the spaces and gaps with loose items like grapes, nuts, crackers, berries, or bunched prosciutto. You want the board to look full but you don't want it to be so overwhelming that you loose the tree-shape.
Frame the tree with rosemary or greenery.
Serve immediately or wrap with plastic and store in the fridge.
Notes
The ingredient list contains the items I used to build my board; however, you can use a variety of ingredients. See the blog post for more ideas!