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Start Your Feast With a Thanksgiving Charcuterie Board
This year, we are grateful for charcuterie boards.
Oct 28, 2024
If planning for Thanksgiving turns you into a turkey running around with its head cut off, then at least let me help you make snacking easy. Say hello to your new best snack friend: the Thanksgiving charcuterie board. This one has a mixture of autumn colors and flavors that makes for a beautiful spread that your friends and family will be talking about until — and coming back for — next year.
The cheese and charcuterie from Harry & David makes creating a cheeseboard easier than figuring out which pie to bake for Thanksgiving. You'll start by adding a variety of hard and soft cheeses to please everyone's palate. While a stellar spread of cheeses is always a staple, I would be remiss to exclude a few items that will put your Thanksgiving charcuterie board on everyone's list of most memorable holiday moments.
One of my favorite parts about this time of year is that we can finally get our hands on the deliciously buttery Royal Riviera Pears. Their sweet flavor and finger-licking juiciness pair perfectly with blue cheese like Rogue Creamery's Bluehorn, which is dense, creamy, and beyond decadent. It's perfect with pears because the sweetness from the fruit brings out the salty, sharp flavors from the cheese. Stack them both on a cracker and then add an extra dose of acidity with a small drizzle of balsamic vinaigrette for a pre-made bite. You'll thank us later.
The pièce de resistance of this board is the Brie en Croute. This hand-trimmed brie is coated in garlic, basil, and pine nuts before being wrapped in a flaky puff pastry crust (making it completely irresistible). Fill up any free space on the board with tasty cured meats, dried fruit, and nuts.
For a final dash of sweetness, add a few mouthwatering chocolate caramel apples and you have the perfectly balanced Thanksgiving charcuterie board.
Serve this delicious feast (before the actual turkey feast) with a bottle of chardonnay.
- Apple Cranberry Pecan Brie en Croûte
- Sweet cherry pepper bruschetta spread
- Gruyère cheese
- Sartori® BellaVitano® Gold cheese
- Harry & David Royal Riviera Pears
- Harry & David Royal Riviera Pear Balsamic Vinaigrette
- Rogue Creamery® Bluehorn® blue cheese
- Busseto Dry Salami Con Vino
- Dried apricots
- Roasted almonds
- Olive Oil and Sea Salt Hors D’oeuvre Crackers
- Harry & David Chocolate Caramel-Covered Apples
- Preheat oven to 375° F.
- Bake the brie en croute for roughly 30 minutes or until the top of the puff pastry is a toasty brown.
- While the brie is baking, prepare your charcuterie board by first placing your ramekin of Pepper & Onion Relish and two cheeses of choice on the board.
- Next, add your sliced Royal Riviera Pears and crackers. Layer in your salami slices, dried apricots, and fill any open space with roasted almonds. Don't forget to garnish with fresh herbs like rosemary!
- For a pre-made pear and blue cheese appetizer, thinly slice the pears and place them on top of the crackers. Spread blue cheese over the pear slices and drizzle with vinaigrette
- Once fully baked, transfer the brie to your display board or tray and serve with crackers.
- Add finishing touches with the chocolate-caramel covered apples.
AUTHOR
Olivia Carney grew up being taught to appreciate each moment shared with friends and family and that every party, no matter how small, deserves good cheese and fine wine. When she's not building cheese boards on @charcuterie.chick, Olivia enjoys being a dog mom and traveling the world.
