Irish Cheese Board (How to Put One Together)
How to make the perfect Irish cheese board - from cheese types to use and how much to budget per person to the classic accompaniments and libations pairings.
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Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 448kcal
Ingredients
Irish Cheese Types
- 4 oz Dubliner or other hard Irish cheese
- 4 oz Irish Cheddar or other semi-soft Irish cheese
- 4 oz Cashel Blue Ireland's world famous blue
- 4 oz Carhill's Farm Porter or other Irish specialty cheese
Cheese Platter Accompaniments*
- 4 oz dried apricots or dried pear or apple
- 10 Irish oat crackers aka oatcakes
- 10 slices Guinness brown bread
- 4 oz fig chutney or jam
Instructions
- Select a cutting board or platter large enough to accommodate your cheeses and small amounts of the other ingredients. (Serve the rest of the ingredients nearby in appropriate ramekins (chutney, jam) or bread basket (Guinness brown bread and Irish oat crackers).
- Cut about half of each cheese into varying shapes (sticks, cubes, triangles, thin slices etc). Arrange on board by placing the cheese block with its respective cut pieces next to it. Scatter dried apricots around cheeses, place a couple of crackers and some Guinness bread.
Notes
*Just suggestions, both items and their quantities. Be sure to read the post for more details and ideas.
You can buy all the wonderful cheeses mentioned above from Murray's Cheese (affiliate link) or find them at specialty food stores.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 448kcal | Carbohydrates: 61g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 121mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 16g
