Small Charcuterie Board

5 from 45 votes

Small Charcuterie Board is a perfect appetizer for a girls’night in, movie night or a lazy dinner when you don’t feel like cooking anything.If you love the idea of a mini cheese and meat board accompanied by fresh fruit, briny olives, nuts and chocolate, this one is for you!

Prep Time25

Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings: people

Calories: 409kcal

Author: Agnieszka

Ingredients

2 oz block of cheese such as cheddar, gouda or Gruyere
2 oz soft cheese such as blue cheese, goat cheese or Boursin
4 slices salami
4 slices soppressata
2 dried apricots
2 dried figs
¼ cup nuts or trail mix
1 cup grapes green or red
½ cup berries strawberries, blueberries, blackberries
⅓ cup mixed olives optional
¼ cup fig spread or preserve optional

Instructions

Place olives or fig spread in a small container and place on the board.
Cut a couple slices of the hard cheese and arrange on the edge of the board with the whole block (OR slice the whole block).
Place soft cheese away from hard cheese. If it's spreadable cheese, such as Boursin, you can place it in a container first.
Add grapes on the vine.
Place mixed berries opposite to grapes.
Fill gaps with nuts and dried fruit.
Add utensils, such as small forks, spoons and knives.
Serve with a side of crackers or bread.

Notes

If you don't want to use olives but don't have any fig spread on hand, any fruit preserve or jam will work. Hot pepper jelly or honey are both great, too!

Berries can be swapped for sliced apple or other fruit.

The nut mix I used is Trader Joe's Just a Handful of Almonds trail mix which included almonds, cashews and dark chocolate.

Serve the board with a side of crackers, bread and a glass of wine (if you like).

Nutritional information is approximate and is for ⅓ of the board made with olives but without fig spread.

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