Cheese boards are an entertaining staple, so why not make your cheese board more entertaining? Enter: the skeleton cheese board. A spooky and frightfully easy twist on the typical charcuterie.
Ingredients:
(Serves 4-6 as an appetizer)
- 1/8 cup Kalamata olives, pitted
- 4 oz of your preferred crackers*
- ~0.2 oz each of 3 white cheeses cut in cubes (I did cheddar, Brie, and sartori)
- 2 pita chips (or anything orange-ish for the nose)
- 3 oz salami, thinly sliced in half moons
- Optional – 2 plastic eye balls (I used these)
Directions:
(Total time: 15 minutes)
- Prep first! Cube your cheeses and slice your salami
- Place two small dishes two-thirds of the way down your cheese board to mark your eyes
- Make the outline of the skeleton first. Rim each bowl with cubes of your first white cheese. Then, create a half circle starting from the outside edge of each eye for top of the skeleton’s head with your second white cheese. Follow up by building the skeleton’s jaw via a third half circle off the bottom corner of each eye with your third white cheese.
- Fill each bowl with kalamata olives for your eyes (bonus points if you nestle one plastic eyeball in each!)
- Place your two pita chips between your eyes as your nose. Fill in the mouth with your salami, followed by crackers for the brains. Enjoy!!!!!
Notes:
* I use Rustic Bakery’s rosemary and sea salt crackers because they’re my all-time favorite.
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