How to make a Fall Cheese Board
It’s easy to make a Fall Cheese Board for casual hosting. Just in time for autumn, add pears, apples, and your favorite cheese and meats!
Friends, just in time for a beautiful autumn afternoon, I’m showing you how to make a Fall Cheese Board. And my NEW BIG BOARD(s) are here, if you haven’t ordered yet!
How to make a Fall Cheese Board
Think apples and pears for this delicious time of year! If you want a savory board, add this Roasted Carrots Easy Appetizer Recipe!
I was in Boston this last week with some blogging friends. The colors were just starting to change, and my heart skipped a beat. I do love fall, and fall colors.
For food, for early fall, I always think of apples and pears! [Another delicious apple recipe fun for hosting and tailgating: Banana Split Honeycrisp Apple Nachos.]
I also love the ease of hosting, especially if you keep it casual and serve a simple cheese board. My friend, Ree, also shows you “how to assemble the perfect fall cheese board” on her blog.
Ingredients for a cheese board
For this cheese board, here is what I included:
Meats: Pepperoni, prosciutto, hard salami wrapped mozzarella cheese sticks, salami, chorizo, serene slices
Cheese: Boursin cheese, Blue Stilton cheese, mini brie cheese
Good quality crackers: Sea salt crackers, Leslie Stowe Raincoast Crisps
Fruit: Apple slices, pear, grapes
Local jams or jelly: Oregon Growers pear jam, Oregon Growers Hazelnut Fruit Pate
Dried fruit: Dried apricots, dried cherries
Nuts: Pecans
What are the best cheeses to include on a cheese board?
For different palates, a good rule of thumb for a cheese board is to include a couple of cheeses from different families. A couple of cheese “families” are:
Aged: Aged Cheddar, Goat Gouda.
Soft: Camembert, Brillat-Savarin, Constant Bliss, Brie.
Firm: Manchego, Parmigiano-Reggiano.
Blue: Gorgonzola Dolce, Valdeón, Stilton.
I shared an elegant fall table setting earlier this week, and this Fall Cheese Board complements it so!
How to make a Fall Cheese Board
I love these pepperoni, prosciutto, hard salami wrapped mozzarella cheese sticks because they are super easy to add to the board. They come pre-wrapped around the cheese stick!
One of my favorite snacks is dried apricots and cherries!
Think pears, apples, and grapes!
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Tips for making the best cheese board
- Grab a board with a lip (so the food doesn’t fall off).
- Offer a variety of savory and sweet ingredients. The best cheese boards have something for everyone.
- Offer a variety of textures. Consider ingredients with various textures, such as creamy, crunchy, crumbly, and crisp.
- Add an element of ambience for the season. For this board, a whole pear in the center.
- Don’t forget the serving utensils, knives, spoons, toothpicks, etc.
Friends, who will you be inviting over this weekend?
Get the Recipe:
How to make a Fall Cheese Board
Ingredients
- Pepperoni, prosciutto, hard salami wrapped mozzarella cheese sticks
- Salami, chorizo, serene slices
- Boursin cheese
- Blue Stilton cheese
- Mini brie cheese
- Sea salt crackers
- Leslie Stowe Raincoast Crisps
- Apple slices
- Grapes
- Oregon Growers Hazelnut Fruit Pate, or jam or jelly
- Dried apricots
- Dried cherries
- Pecans
- Whole pear, garnish
Instructions
- On a large tray or board with a lip, arrange the whole pear in the center, with cheeses and pear jam.
- Next arrange the meats, crackers, fruit, and nuts by sections around the outside of the board.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Where can I buy the board (s)?
Here’s the link to my NEW BOARDS. This particular board is no longer available (in picture) and was not food safe. My new boards are FOOD SAFE!
Love the boards! Where can I find the big board you use?
Looks beautiful and the presentation too! Can’t wait till it gets cool enough there in Virginia to make this!
I just received a beautiful board from Pier One. I’d like to hang it, but that would affect how it sits on the table. How do you store your board? Any luck hanging it? Thanks!!
I don’t have mine hung; they are stacked over to the side right now until I find a cozy place for them :)
I love your boards. You have inspired me to be more creative with my party boards. I am going to make your Marconi board real soon. It looks so fun and delicious.
This cheese board is so beautiful! And yes, I’d make it dinner. I love everything on the tray. Who could ask for a better meal.
A board is on my list of things to buy or have someone make…lol.
I always love your boards, they are so pretty, but is this dinner?
Hi, Monie! If you want it to be. Boards are casual and fun, you can serve them for a small dinner or a larger gathering, for appetizers. Make it your own and what you want it to be (according to the number of guests). You can also make them big or small. :)
Monie, we make cheese boards a lot when we don’t feel like cooking dinner. They are easy to make and so good. Plus you can use whatever you have on hand or you like :)
Your boards are always so pretty! I would like to know how to keep the cut fruit (apples, pears) from turning brown. Do you sprinkle with lemon juice?
I do that sometimes, or leave cutting the apples for the last step. You can also buy pre-sliced apples which is a great option if you have a lot of people coming! :)