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Cheese boards can be as fancy as you’d like, but most of the time, my boards are pretty simple. 2-3 meats, 2-3 cheeses, a pile of crackers, and a few handfuls of snack foods that I pull from whatever is stashed in the pantry.   Recipe for making your own cheese onboard  https://dreamtimesailourgalley.blogspot.com/p/tips.html You can pull something together in about 5 minutes or spend half an hour assembling something fancy. I lean towards the quick and simple in pretty much every aspect of life, so I’ll give you one guess how I make a cheese board most of the time. What you do want is a variety of textures here. With so many brands of cheeses out there, you want to make sure you select one from each of the texture range Soft: burrata, mozzarella, brie, humboldt fog Semi-Soft: stilton, roquefort, Gorgonzola, Fontina Semi-Hard: manchego, Swiss, provolone, comte Hard: cheddar, parmesan, pecorino, Asiago THE SIDE KICKS You can’t forget the accompaniments – they go with the cheese ...

  Base Ingredients  1 store purchased parmesan & onion cob loaf (or your flavour choice) 125g bacon, diced 1 Chorizo Sausage chopped roughly   125g butter, softened 1 tbs of Italian Herb Mix. small handful fresh parsley leaves, chopped 1/2 tps of minced garlic 2 spring onions, finely chopped 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese ½ cup of grated mozzarella cheese Now add your favourite flavours .... I really use anything in the fridge it’s great to use up any leftovers, you can also use a heap of canned produce.  Salami, veggies, mushrooms,  olives, artichokes so have a play see what great flavours you can create  Let's get Cooking Heat your oven to 180C Place your loaf on a baking tray and use a knife to cut a grid pattern into the loaf.  Cut about 80% of the way into the bread, but DO NOT cut all the way through. Place the bacon and sausage into a frying pan and cook until just starting to turn golden.  Set aside. Mix the softened butter with the cho...

  Salmon Cheese Log Ingredient 1/3 block of Philly Cheese softened 1/2 a salmon fillet grilled medium/rare cooled and chopped or use 200grams of smoked salmon. You can really make this recipe your own by combining whatever herbs, spices and crushed nuts you prefer  Base herb mix 1 tsp of Dried Parsley  1 tsp of Dried Onion 1 tsp of Dried Garlic 1 tsp of Dried Dill Baking paper To Serve Lime wedges Crackers Extra chopped salmon  Let's get cooking Mix Herbs set aside Combine cheese, salmon and 1/2 the herb mix. Form a log shape. Place remaining herb mix on Baking Paper Roll cheese log in herb mix. Wrap cheese log in cling wrap and chill for 1/2 hour or until ready to serve. Serve with sprinkled extra salmon, lime wedges, crackers and season with salt and pepper. Enjoy with a glass of chilled champagne!