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Cheese board consisting off vintage cheddar, boursin, wensleydale with cranberry, smoked cheese, stilton, brie filled with cranberry sauce, red port derby, cheese cutting knifes, grapes red and green, dates, caramelised onion chutney, walnuts, pistachio nuts, Figs, sweet chilli jam and loads of biscuits and the board being decorated in Christmas foliage
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5 from 31 votes

Christmas Cheese Board

It's the festive season and what better way to celebrate than creating your own Christmas Cheese Board? The perfect treat for any special day, a festive family after-dinner treat or a boxing day grazing platter.
Put together a deliciously festive cheese and biscuits, dried fruits and nuts. Add a few seasonal festive touches such as cranberry sauce, dates and gingerbread men to make it extra special.
Creating your own Christmas cheese board will enable more personalization with the ability to create something unique to suit your family!
Read the blog post for other good cheese selections to include on your cheese board platter.
Prep Time20 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Brunch, Christmas, Dessert, Lunch, Sharing
Cuisine: American, British, French
Keyword: cheese and biscuits, cheese and crackers, cheese board, cheese board for christmas, cheese board ideas, cheese board platter, cheese selection, christmas cheeses, christmas platter, Grazing plate, Grazing platter
Yield: 10 People
Calories: 810kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

Cheeses

  • 200 gram Brie wheel
  • 200 gram Vintage Cheddar
  • 150 gram Stilton
  • 100 gram Smoked Cheese
  • 100 gram Wensleydale with Cranberries
  • 100 grams Red Leicester
  • 150 grams Boursin
  • 100 grams Port Wine Derby

Fruits

  • 4 Figs
  • 100 grams Dates
  • Bunch Red Grapes
  • Bunch Green Grapes
  • Handful Dried Cranberries

Nuts

  • Handful Walnuts
  • Handful Pistachio
  • Handful Wasabi Coated Peanuts

Biscuits

  • 70 grams Carrs Cheddar Melts
  • 70 grams Hovis Digestives
  • 60 grams Water biscuits
  • 70 grams Ritz
  • 70 grams Breadsticks
  • 60 grams Ryvita Thins
  • 40 grams Mini Gingerbread Men

Chutneys

  • 2 tablespoon Sweet Chilli Jam
  • 2 tablespoon Caramelised Onion
  • 2 tablespoon Pickle
  • 2 tablespoon Cranberry Sauce

Optional - Non Edible Decorations

  • Handful Whole Fresh Cranberries
  • Pine cones
  • Christmas Foliage
  • Glass bottles with twinkle lights

Instructions

  • Begin by decorating the board you are using as the grazing platter, we used festive foliage.
    Pine cones, Christmas Foliage , Glass bottles with twinkle lights, Handful Whole Fresh Cranberries
    A cheese board with two cups and two small plates on top decorated in Christmas foliage like pine branches, mistletoe, pine cones, gold beads, fresh cranberries and two bottle with twinkle lights inside
  • Optional- Use a cookie cutter to make a Christmas-shaped hole into the mini brie wheel and fill it with cranberry sauce.
    200 gram Brie, 2 tablespoon Cranberry Sauce
    Putting cranberry sauce into the star shape which is cut out inside the brie
  • Start adding the bigger items to the cheese board first, cheeses and fruits.
    The cheeses we have included here are a guide, but you can mix them up to suit your guest preferences.
    200 gram Vintage Cheddar, 150 gram Stilton, 100 gram Smoked Cheese, 100 gram Wensleydale with Cranberries, 100 grams Red Leicester, 150 grams Boursin, 100 grams Port Wine Derby, 4 Figs, 100 grams Dates, Bunch Red Grapes, Bunch Green Grapes
    Christmas Cheese Board Grazing Platter which consists of vintage cheddar, boursin, wensleydale with cranberry, smoked cheese, stilton, brie, red port derby, grapes red and green, dates, caramelised onion chutney, walnuts and loads of biscuits and the board being decorated in Christmas foliage
  • Transfer chutney, pickles and jams into small dishes to add to the platter.
    2 tablespoon Sweet Chilli Jam , 2 tablespoon Caramelised Onion
    Sweet chilli jam and caramelised onion chutney in two small glass dishes
  • Place different crackers, biscuits and breadsticks around the cheeses.
    70 grams Carrs Cheddar Melts, 70 grams Hovis Digestives , 60 grams Water biscuits, 70 grams Breadsticks, 70 grams Ritz, 60 grams Ryvita Thins
    Boursin cheese with a ring of Ritz biscuits around it on a green plate
  • Add the smaller items like dried fruits and nuts in any gaps between the fruits, cheese and biscuits
    Handful Dried Cranberries, Handful Walnuts, Handful Pistachio , Handful Wasabi Coated Peanuts
    Wasabi coated peanuts being placed onto a cheese board by hand
  • Ready to serve.
    Christmas Cheese Board consisting off vintage cheddar, boursin, wensleydale with cranberry, smoked cheese, stilton, brie filled with cranberry sauce, red port derby, cheese cutting knifes, grapes red and green, dates, caramelised onion chutney, walnuts, pistachio nuts, Figs, sweet chilli jam and loads of biscuits and the board being decorated in Christmas foliage
  • For a fun Christmas treat, add some mini gingerbread men to the board.
    40 grams Mini Gingerbread Men
    Christmas Cheese Board Grazing Platter consisting off vintage cheddar, boursin, wensleydale with cranberry, smoked cheese, stilton, brie filled with cranberry sauce, red port derby, cheese cutting knifes, grapes red and green, dates, caramelised onion chutney, walnuts, pistachio nuts, Figs, sweet chilli jam and gingerbread men biscuits loads of other biscuits and the board being decorated in Christmas foliage

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Nutrition

Calories: 810kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 52g | Saturated Fat: 30g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 134mg | Sodium: 1371mg | Potassium: 355mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 1090IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 725mg | Iron: 2mg