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How to Create a Cheese Plate

Published: Feb 1, 2017 · Modified: Feb 28, 2024 by Tristin Rieken · Leave a Comment

Create a Cheese Plate at home and add a good bottle of wine or bubbly for an amazing date night in!

Create a Cheese Plate at home with these basic tips and add a good bottle of wine or bubbly for an amazing date night in!
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With these simple tips for creating a cheese plate at home you can whip up cheese plates as snacks, for parties and for easy at home date nights!

Cheese platter ideas

Cheese platters, cheese boards and cheese plates are all one of the same. A delicious assortment of meats, cheeses and accompaniments that all taste delicious alone, but even better together! A perfect small bite pairing for wine or other beverages and a super easy date night at home idea.

With these easy steps and ideas for what to include on a cheese platter you’ll be serving up a great assortment of cheese pairings for all sorts of occasions!

Create a Cheese Plate at home with these basic tips and add a good bottle of wine or bubbly for an amazing date night in!

What is a cheese plate

With a variety of cheeses, vessels and accoutrements cheese plates are simply the original food board sparking a trend of all sorts of boards and grazing tables. Filled with various items you simply create your own little bites from the various tastes and textures available.

Create a Cheese Plate at home with these basic tips and add a good bottle of wine or bubbly for an amazing date night in!

Cheese plates or cheese platters are great for snacking or for parties. And cheese boards are so easy to put together!

And everyone from kids to adults love them because it’s so fun for guests to try new things and the endless combinations makes it easy for everyone to get creative. There’s classic cheese plates, meat heavy charcuterie boards, grazing tables, dessert boards, 90s snack boards, seacuterie spreads / seafood platters and more!

Create a Cheese Plate at home with these basic tips and add a good bottle of wine or bubbly for an amazing date night in!
A cheese plate with a mix of local favorites and readily available grocery store finds

Are cheese plates and charcuterie the same?

Charcuterie platters are slightly different than cheese plates because they showcase cured meats and pair them with savory bites and spreads. To create a charcuterie platter simply use the guide below adding more meats and leaving out cheese, fruits and sweet condiments.

Ingredients

  • Soft cheese – Brie, Camembert, Taleggio. Pictured: Laura Chenel’s Goat Brie
  • Aged cheese – Asiago, Fontina, aged Cheddar, aged Gouda, Comte. Pictured: Kerrygold Dubliner
  • Firm cheese – Manchego, Gruyere, Pecorina, Sharp Cheddar, Parmesan. Pictured: Ferndale Farmstead Scarmoza
  • Blue cheese – Roquefort, Stilton, Gorgonzola. Pictured: Twin Sisters Creamery Whatcom Blue
  • Fresh cheese – Burrata, Boursin, Chevre Frais, Feta, Fresh Mozzarella, Fromage Blanc, Queso Fresco, Cotija, Cheese Curds
  • Vessels – baguette rounds, crackers, breadsticks. Pictured: sesmark rice crackers
  • Jarred condiments – spreads, jams, compotes, honey or honeycomb, mustard. Pictured: Dalmatia Fig spread and Oregon Growers Quince pate
  • Cured meat – salami, pepperoni, calabrese, capicolla, prosciutto, artisan beef jerky. Pictured: Columbus Italian Dry Salami, Oli salamini calabrese and Pacific Gold Reserve jerky
  • Nuts and seeds – almonds, pecans, pistachios, pumpkin seeds. Pictured: Marcona almonds
  • Savory bites – olives, pickles, pickled beets, artichoke hearts, roasted garlic, caramelized onions
  • Dried fruit – dates, apricots, pears, cherries. Pictured: dried apricots, dried pears
  • Fresh fruit – apples, grapes, cherries, figs, blackberries, nectarine. Pictured: Bellewood Acres honeycrisp, green seedless grapes
Create a Cheese Plate at home with these basic tips and add a good bottle of wine or bubbly for an amazing date night in!

How to create a cheese plate

  1. Start by visiting the store, farmers market or local cheese producers to pick up what’s in season, is interesting or just looks good to you. Get creative. There are no hard rules, but check out the basics below for a sort of ‘roadmap’ of the different elements that will ensure a good, well rounded cheese plate.
  2. Find three to five cheeses that you love or look appealing. Choose a variety of ages (fresh and aged), textures (soft and hard), and milks (goat, cow, sheep). If you are serving kids or less adventurous adults make sure to include some crowd favorites, maybe an aged cheddar, fresh mozzarella and smoked gouda.
  1. Add the extras! Some crackers or bread to serve as a vessel for getting the cheese in your mouth, a jarred condiment to slather on, 1 or 2 cured meats, nuts, a couple savory options and some fresh or dried fruit.
  1. Find a large cutting board or platter and place items starting from the center out. Placing any round elements in the center and building from there.
  2. Then open a couple bottles of wine, champagne or cider and let the fun begin.
  3. Enjoy!

Yield

You should plan on serving about 1 ½ – 2 ounces of each cheese per person when serving a cheese platter at parties and events as an appetizer.

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Create a Cheese Plate at home with these basic tips and add a good bottle of wine or bubbly for an amazing date night in!

How to Make a Cheese Plate

Basics steps and ingredients for a delicious cheese platter for parties or date nights at home!
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Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 1035kcal
Author: Tristin Rieken

Ingredients

  • 1.5 pounds cheese assortment of at least 3 cheeses
  • ½ cup salted nuts
  • ½ cup dried fruit
  • 1 cup fresh fruit
  • ½ cup pickles
  • ¼ cup fig spread
  • 2 cups crackers

Nutrition

Calories: 1035kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 47g | Fat: 74g | Saturated Fat: 36g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 19g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 170mg | Sodium: 1608mg | Potassium: 426mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 1917IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 1291mg | Iron: 2mg
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Nutrition Facts
How to Make a Cheese Plate
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1035 Calories from Fat 666
% Daily Value*
Fat 74g114%
Saturated Fat 36g225%
Trans Fat 0.3g
Polyunsaturated Fat 8g
Monounsaturated Fat 19g
Cholesterol 170mg57%
Sodium 1608mg70%
Potassium 426mg12%
Carbohydrates 48g16%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 19g21%
Protein 47g94%
Vitamin A 1917IU38%
Vitamin C 3mg4%
Calcium 1291mg129%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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