The Best Charcuterie Board Selections You’ll Ever Need

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Charcuterie boards are just about everywhere these days. From simple cheese boards to multi tiered festival boards, the trend of arranging small bites on a board is an entertaining must-have. With Holidays soon upon us plan ahead for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and that Special Bowl Game

Take the advice of Martha Tinkler and Food Network Kitchen on how much food to have for your Charcuterie Board

Take the advice of Martha Tinkler and Food Network Kitchen on how much food to have for your Charcuterie Board
It’s important to remember that your board is an appetizer, not a main course (unless you are serving it on its own — we’ll get to that below), so you don’t need a half or quarter pound of meat per person, as you would serve for an entree.

Meat: Two to three slices of meat, or approximately 2 to 3 ounces per person should satisfy your guests ahead of the rest of the meal. Per-pound prices might give you sticker shock, but many are best sliced wafer thin, so a few ounces go a long way. If you’re serving 8 – 10 people, you will need 1 – 1 1/2 lbs of meat, and you’ll want to pick at least one from each category (more on that below) .

Cheese: It’s usually sliced a little thicker, so 3 ounces of cheese per person or 1 1/2 – 1 3/4 pounds in total for 8-10 people (roughly 3 medium-size hunks) should do the trick.

Extras: The more the better! My number one complaint about meat and cheese platters at restaurants is that they often don’t give you enough bread. Don’t make this mistake. You’ll want at least one cracker or piece of bread for every slice of meat. Extras — pickles, spreads, nuts, fruits — should all be plentiful. It’s OK if they out-number your meats and cheeses, since your guests may want to play with different flavor combos in each bite. It would not be unreasonable to serve 5-10 handfuls or small vessels of extras.

If you want to serve your board as the main dish, add a little extra of everything and think about adding a salad and a heartier cured meat, like a grilled kielbasa or other smoked sausage.

Read there entire article at https://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/packages/food-network-essentials/how-to-make-a-perfect-charcuterie-board

Checkout what’s available:

Hams: 

• Adler (Schwarzwald) Imported Black Forest 

• Karl Ehmer Black Forest

• Schaller & Weber Cooked Ham

Salami: 

• Karl Ehmer Smoked Salami Narrow

• Pillars assorted flavors

• Teli Hungarian Salami

• Forest Pork Store - Cervelat

Dried Meats:

• Forest Pork Store Landjager 

• Forest Pork Store Dried Kriener

• Forest Pork Store TV Sticks

• Bende Hungarian Brand Gyulai 

Imported Jams & Spreads:

• Darbo Preserves

• Landsberg Preserves 

• Maintal Preserves 

Specialty Cheeses:

• Bavarian Emmentaler

• Ammerlander German Gruyère 

• Champignon Brie, Camembert & Cambozola

• Adler Sahne, Krauter & Mushroom

• Danish Havarti Tilsit

• Beer Kase

• Assorted Domestic Cheeses

As well as imported breads, crackers, pickles and mustards.