Italian Bread Dipping Oil Charcuterie Board
Enjoy this Italian Bread Dipping Oil Charcuterie Board for easy hosting. Everyone loves wine and bread, right? Add your favorite cheese, meat, and fruit!
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Italian Bread Dipping Oil Charcuterie Board
This recipe today can be served as an appetizer for a large party or even a simple weekend meal for a small gathering.
Think “Friendsgiving” and wow your guests with these great bites before the feast!
Italian Bread Charcuterie Board
Our recipe today is made with Bertolli® Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, a staple that has been in my pantry for years. Bertolli Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil is derived from the first extraction of the olive and has no additional refining or processing. It’s ideal for using straight from the bottle on pasta, salads, delicious marinades, sauces or soups, or as a dipping oil.
What is the best dipping olive oil for bread?
This Bertolli Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil Italian Bread Dipping Oil is the best recipe, served with artisan (or focaccia bread).
This recipe has the freshest ingredients of best-quality olive oil, Italian spices, fresh garlic, and Parmesan cheese.
How do you eat Italian bread with olive oil?
Make the olive oil dip the center star of your Friendsgiving feast! Either serve it separately with fresh chunks of artisan or Focaccia bread or serve it on an epic charcuterie board!
You can serve it with toothpicks, or people can dip their piece of bread right into the dipping oil.
Bertolli® Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
What I love about this Bertolli® Extra Virgin Olive Oil Classic Italian Bread Dipping Oil Charcuterie Board is that I can have it ready when the guests walk through the door. I timed myself this past week and it took less than an hour to prepare the entire board.
Preparation with a simple plan allows more time around the table with our guests, with a delicious meal for everyone to enjoy! My readers love my charcuterie ideas because when you print the recipe, you have a quick, easy shopping list.
How to make a Charcuterie Board
- Starting with the key ingredient, Bertolli Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, you can make the finest bread dipping sauce, with (most likely) ingredients that you already have on hand.
- Start with a large round board or tray.
- Make the bread dipping oil, using the finest Bertolli Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Place in the center of the tray.
- Arrange around it in small bowls, mozzarella balls, cherry tomatoes, and olives.
- Cut fresh artisan bread into 2-inch chunks.
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For all things fall and Friendsgiving, we stuffed endive leaves with a soft cheese, and roasted butternut squash (cooked with drizzled Bertolli Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil and salt), drizzled with a balsamic glaze.
Add in your favorite cured meats (salami), roasted carrots, and pears and apples.
Friendsgiving Appetizer
This has Friendsgiving written all over it. This recipe can also be served with a full meal or presented as the “center star” of an epic charcuterie board.
Bertolli Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil makes cooking so easy, I can focus on the essentials, making my guests feel warm and welcome, in a cozy environment, with scrumptious food!
Here are a few more recipes that would pair well with a casual Friendsgiving Charcuterie Board:
Roasted Butternut Squash Endive Appetizer
Butternut Squash Spread on Baguette Slices
Get the Recipe:
Italian Bread Dipping Oil Charcuterie Board
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Bertolli® Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed and minced
- 2 tsp. oregano
- 2 tsp. basil
- 1/2 tsp. finely chopped rosemary
- 1/2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup fresh Parmesan cheese, finely grated
- 1/4 cup good quality balsamic vinegar
- Fresh ground black pepper and sea salt to taste.
- Artisan bread for dipping, large cubes
- Fresh rosemary for garnish
- Artisan bread, cut into chunks
- Roasted Butternut Squash Endive Appetizer
- Roasted Carrots
- Salami slices
- Hard cheddar or other cheese, sliced
- Apples, sliced
- Pears, sliced
- Cherry tomatoes
- Mozzarella balls in oil, drained
- Kalamata olives, drained
Instructions
- FOR THE DIPPING OIL: In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together olive oil, garlic, oregano, basil, rosemary, lemon juice, and balsamic vinegar. Salt and pepper to taste.
- Store in an airtight container until ready to serve.
- Pour the oil in a shallow dish and sprinkle Parmesan cheese over top. Serve right away with artisan bread.
- For the CHARCUTERIE BOARD, prepare a large platter, placing the bowl of dipping oil in the center. Arrange the bread chunks around the oil, filling in the spaces with 3 small bowls (tomatoes, mozzarella balls, olives).
- Prepare the stuffed butternut endive and roasted carrots in the oven (20 minutes).
- Arrange the endive and roasted carrots, along with salami, cheese, and sliced apples and pears.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
I was selected for this opportunity as a member of CLEVER and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own. Thank you Bertolli® for sponsoring this post. Check out Bertolli’s social channels: Facebook and Instagram.
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Do you use fresh herbs for the dipping oil?
You can! Or, I used Delallo’s herbs that are for olive oil.
Do you do anything the the fruit so it doesn’t brown?
Yes, you can add lemon juice if you need to.
This looks Fantastic…where can I get a large Charcuterie platter like in the picture?
Here you go Sandra:
https://reluctantentertainer.com/category/the-big-board/
Where can I buy a wooden board like yours?
I bought it in the store at Pier 1 :)