This delicious vegetarian charcuterie board is perfect for entertaining, a no-cook dinner, or as a light appetizer. Crafted with an array of flavourful plant-based delights, this board is a celebration of colours, textures, and tastes that will leave your guests impressed. Not only does the zero-cooking time allow you to savour moments at the dinner table but this recipe is entirely customisable – add or substitute ingredients to suit your palate and pantry.
Ingredients
- 6oz Camembert
- 3 dips/spreads (hummus, red pepper hummus, tzatziki)
- 1 cup marinated olives
- Four types of cheese, 4 oz each:
- - Brie
- - Manchego
- - Herbed goat cheese
- - Bresse blue cheese
- Three types of jam in mini pots
- - Red pepper jam
- - Onion jam
- - Tomato jam
- 1 cup of Breadsticks or mini breadsticks
- 1 tablespoon of Wholegrain mustard
- Pickled pearl onions
- 2 oz Cheddar cheese
- Four types of crackers or bread, around 5 cups:
- - Wholegrain crackers
- - Pita chips
- - Mini melba toasts
- 5 types of pickles, a handful each:
- - Gherkins
- - Stuffed olives
- - Gordal/queen olives
- - Spicy pickles Basque peppers
- - Black olives
- Two types of vegetarian mortadella, chorizo or salami, 6-8 slices each
- A small handful of cherry tomatoes
- A small handful of red and white grapes
- A small handful of dried apricots
- A small handful of dates
- Three types of nuts, 3 tablespoons each:
- - Pistachios
- - Walnuts
- - Almonds
- Optional: fresh herbs to decorate your board
Method
- Set the Camembert in the centre of your board. Optionally you can bake your Camembert and use one of the lids as a placeholder while building your board. Set the dips and marinated olives, each in a bowl, on each of the four corners. For a circular board, just pick four equidistant points on the edge of the board.
- Slice and add the four kinds of cheese, one cheese between each of the corner bowls but not exactly in the middle staggered to one side randomly.
- Add the jam, onions, and wholegrain mustard to small bowls or use mini jam jars, use a glass, ramekin, or a high container for the breadsticks. Place the small bowls and breadsticks on the board, one small bowl or the breadsticks on one of the larger objects already there.
- Cube the cheddar cheese and pile it in a semicircle around a small bowl on the edge of the board.
- Add your different crackers/bread, filling in the spaces around the edges of the board.
- Cut up and add the pickles, spaced apart, inside the edge of the board as you start to fill in the middle of the board.
- If using, fold the mortadella in four and place the two types at different points on the board. for vegetarian salami or chorizo, thinly slice and fan around objects on the board.
- Add the fruit or veg, leaving three spaces not close together for the nuts.
- Add the nuts into the spaces you left.
- Optionally, add a few pieces of fresh herbs to decorate.
