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This set of guidelines recommends offering different varieties of milk cheeses to cover a spectrum of cow, goat and sheep. Allow cheeses to come to room temperature before serving, and if you’re feeling extra crafty, try serving a mustard or fruit spread. Add visual variety with different serving techniques and utensils.
Cheese Tray
Submitted by Honey Bee Sting
Ingredients:
3 ounces chunk of quality blue cheese
4 ounces chunk of quality goat cheese
4 ounces chunk of quality brie cheese
4 ounces chunk of quality sheep's milk cheese
1 bunch of grapes
2 cups other seasonal fruit (strawberries, pears, plums etc.)
1 cup raw almonds
1 cup dried fruit (Dried cranberries, apricots etc.)
1 baguette
2 cups crackers
Wash and pat dry fruit. Snip grape bunch into smaller clusters.
Arrange the grapes in the middle of the plate to resemble an in-tact bunch of grapes. Slice the other fruit and place it around the grapes.
Place cheeses on separate parts of the cheese tray. Leave some cheese whole and provide cheese knives, or thinly slice and provide tongs.
Sprinkle almonds all together on one side of the cheese tray and add the dried fruit to another side.
Serve with a sliced baguette and crackers.
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