Americana Charcuterie Board
This Americana Charcuterie Board is a festive Fourth of July appetizer arranged like a classic star quilt, with simple sections for meats, cheeses, crackers, olives, fruit, and nuts. Make one block for a small platter or repeat the pattern for a crowd.
Servings: 15 -20
Equipment
- Large board or other food-safe surface at least 24"x24" inches or larger for this full 4 block design
Ingredients
crackers etc.
- small or mini crackers, assorted
- square crackers
- thin pretzel sticks
- snack mix
cheese
- firm cheeses that can be sliced and cut into triangles, squares, or cubes
- wheel of Brie
- small mozzarella balls, marinated
- goat cheese balls
meats
- sliced salami
- prosciutto
- pepperoni
olives and pickles
- small olives
- small pickles
fruit
- small grapes, blueberries, or currants
- raisins, dried cherries, dried currants, dried cranberries
nuts
- smoked almonds
- spiced pecans
- cashews
- cocktail peanuts
- pistachios
miscellaneous
- wasabi peas
- corn nuts
Instructions
How to build a 12" square block
- Refer to the diagram and photos in the post for visual help. Place a 6-inch square plate or dish in the center of your board. Fill it with a dip, spread, tapenade, olives, pickles, or other moist or briny ingredients.
- Arrange the 3-inch corner squares next, using stacks of crackers, pretzel sticks, sliced cheese, or other sturdy ingredients.
- Fill in the wide triangle sections with sliced cheeses. I take 6" square slices of cheese and cut them in half diagonally to make the wide triangles.
- Use small ingredients to fill the remaining star points: use dried cranberries, raisins, currants, cherries, nuts, pistachios, wasabi peas, or snack mix. Keep each star point mostly light or mostly dark so the star shape reads clearly.
- Step back and check the contrast. The star shape shows best when you alternate light and dark ingredients, along with different textures and colors.
- Build one 12-inch block for a smaller board, or repeat the block for a larger board.
Notes
These ingredients are just suggestions, get creative with what you love.
Refer to the post for detailed instructions and photos.
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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