Description
Create a delightful and festive Magical Santa Charcuterie Board featuring a charming Santa face crafted with a variety of cheeses, meats, nuts, fruits, and crackers. Perfect for holiday entertaining, this visually striking platter combines flavorful salami, creamy brie, savory halloumi cheese snowflakes, nuts, olives, and fresh herbs to bring a joyful Christmas centerpiece to your gathering.
Ingredients
Scale
Meats and Cheeses
- 12 oz Salami
- 2 oz Halloumi cheese
- ½ cup Mozzarella balls
- 8 oz Brie cheese
Snacks and Fruits
- ⅔ cup Nuts (Assorted or your favorite type)
- ⅓ cup Green olives (or candied jalapeños)
- 1 cup Crackers (Assorted)
- ⅓ cup Apricots (or other fruit of choice)
- 1 cup Grapes (Red or green, or both)
Vegetables and Garnish
- 1 Red bell pepper (one small sliver)
- 1 Black olive (only one)
- Fresh herbs
Instructions
- Prepare Halloumi Snowflakes: Using a medium-sized snowflake-shaped cookie cutter, carefully cut out a few snowflake shapes from the halloumi cheese block. Then, cut the remaining halloumi into small cubes for the board.
- Shape Brie Cheese: Remove the brie cheese from its packaging. Slice approximately the top third of the circle’s circumference off. From this top section, cut out small triangles to resemble Santa’s mustache.
- Arrange Santa’s Face Base: Cover a tray or serving board with a napkin. Place the brie cheese as the central element of the face. Use halves of the black olives for the eyes, and position the sliver of red bell pepper to form the mouth. Form the Santa hat by cutting a strip from the loose brie cheese and arranging it above the face.
- Prepare and Place Salami: Cut the salami slices in half and arrange them in playful curls around the face, making them look like they’re leaning against each other. Extend the salami pieces to form and complete Santa’s hat shape.
- Add Snowflake Pom-Pom: Place the halloumi cheese snowflake cutouts on the tip of the salami hat as Santa’s pom-pom for a festive touch.
- Position Crackers and Dippers: Place crackers in the corners of the tray to balance the display. In remaining corners, place small dishes containing cowboy candy or olives, apricots, and other chosen dippers.
- Fill and Garnish the Board: Neatly arrange the mozzarella balls, halloumi cubes, nuts, fresh herbs, grapes, and any remaining fruits compactly to fill any gaps, making sure the display looks abundant and tidy.
- Serve Immediately: Present the Magical Santa Charcuterie Board right away to enjoy the fresh flavors and festive presentation at your holiday gathering.
Notes
- This dreamy Santa charcuterie board is a perfect festive centerpiece combining a fun Santa face with an assortment of cheeses, meats, fruits, and crackers ideal for Christmas celebrations.
- Feel free to customize the nuts and fruits to your preference or availability; dried apricots and candied jalapeños add a nice sweetness and kick.
- Use fresh herbs like rosemary or thyme to add festive greenery and aroma to the board.
- Arrange components compactly to minimize white space on the serving tray for an impressive and full appearance.
- Best served fresh to keep cheese and crackers at their optimal texture.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 295 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 929 mg
- Fat: 23 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 13 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 9 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 14 g
- Cholesterol: 43 mg
