How to build your ultimate Christmas cheeseboard

Published 01.12.25, 12:49 PM

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A Christmas cheeseboard is the easiest way to impress your guests without turning on the stove. Packed with artisanal cheeses, festive cold cuts, fresh fruits, crackers and colourful toppings, it brings together a mix of flavours and textures. Here’s how to assemble a beautiful, crowd-pleasing platter in just a few minutes.

Ingredients

Bandel cheese (add a few smoked ones too): 6-10 pieces
Slices of cheddar (try and get a flavoured slab)
Sambusak — a Jewish cheese
Smoked ham
Chicken salami
Cocktail sausages
Salt beef
An assortment of salty crackers
Fresh strawberries and raspberries
Grapes (mix of black and green)
Exotic nuts
Cream cheese
Jams

Method

Slice the cheddar into assorted shapes and place it on the platter. Add the Bandel cheese and the Sambusak in a pattern next to it
Place the jam and cream cheese into small dishes, and add them to the platter
Add crackers to the platter, fanning out the crackers as you go
Fill in empty spaces with strawberries, raspberries, and grapes
Fan out the cold cuts like the crackers
Sprinkle the nuts to finish off the platter

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