What is a Charcuterie Board?
What Are The UK's Favourite Charcuterie Board Toppings?
Take a look below for some popular charcuterie board ingredient ideas. The average number of monthly searches for the UK’s favourite cured meats, cheeses, fruits and antipasti reveals these charcuterie board toppings will most likely please your guests' taste buds. Which charcuterie board topping will you choose?
Top 5 Cured Meats:
1. Chorizo - 33k
2. Bacon - 26k
3. Prosciutto - 21k
4. Pastrami - 16k
5. Salami - 14k
Top 5 Cheeses:
1. Halloumi - 76k
2. Mozzarella - 29k
3. Mascarpone - 28k
4. Camembert - 23k
5. Ricotta - 18k
Top 5 Fruits:
1. Apples - 411k
2. Watermelon - 44k
3. Grapes - 23k
4. Blueberries - 16k
5. Bananas - 11k
Top 5 Antipasti Foods:
1. Artichoke - 56k
2. Capers - 45k
3. Cucumber - 35k
4. Anchovies - 20k
5. Olives - 16k
Top 5 Cured Meats:
1. Chorizo - 33k
2. Bacon - 26k
3. Prosciutto - 21k
4. Pastrami - 16k
5. Salami - 14k
Top 5 Cheeses:
1. Halloumi - 76k
2. Mozzarella - 29k
3. Mascarpone - 28k
4. Camembert - 23k
5. Ricotta - 18k
Top 5 Fruits:
1. Apples - 411k
2. Watermelon - 44k
3. Grapes - 23k
4. Blueberries - 16k
5. Bananas - 11k
Top 5 Antipasti Foods:
1. Artichoke - 56k
2. Capers - 45k
3. Cucumber - 35k
4. Anchovies - 20k
5. Olives - 16k
How to Create Your Own Charcuterie Board?
Step one: Fill small dishes with your dips, spreads and smaller items and place them onto your board to create structure.
Step two: Add your cheese, placing them evenly around the board with space around each for slicing. Then add your meats, folding them in any way you’d like and placing them around the board.
Step three: Place your crackers on the board. Laying them so that they’re overlapping usually works best as it allows your guests to easily grab them from the board.
Step four: Fill in the rest of the gaps on the board with fruit, vegetables, antipasti and more. This step is important as it really brings your board together. Making these boards look visually appealing is a great way to get children to eat more vegetables and experiment with new foods too.
HelloFresh Expert Charcuterie Board Styling Tips
1. Meat Roses
To create your own meat rose grab yourself a wine glass and a pack of round cured meat such as salami. First, place one slice of meat on the rim of the glass and fold and keep doing this around the rim of the glass allowing them to overlap but only just.
Then on your second layer you will do the same but bring the meat slices closer together, bringing them closer with each layer you add. How many slices of meat you use will depend on your glass. Once you’re done, place the glass against your board and pull away from the meat.
2. Fun Shaped Cheeses
In fact, experimenting with cheeses is a great way to flesh out a vegetarian charcuterie board. Simply grab yourself a mixture of shape cutters and cut your favourite shapes into your cheese, whether that be stars, hearts of flowers. For best results, cut your cheese into 1 inch slices before you cut your shapes out, this way, you’ll have delicious bite size cheese shapes for your charcuterie board.
3. Create Trails With Your Crackers
Lay your crackers on your charcuterie board and direct them in any direction depending on how you plan to style your board, allowing them to lay on top of one another like a fallen trail of dominoes.
How to Put a Brunch Twist on a Classic Charcuterie Board with HelloFresh
1. Avocado: Slice, dice or smash some avocado to add to your brunch charcuterie board. To season, add a few ramekins of salt, pepper and chilli flakes so that people can pick and choose!
2. Bacon: Bacon is the perfect meat for a brunch charcuterie board. Add as many rashes as you'd like alongside your avocado and toast for a delicious brunch.
3. Scrambled eggs: Another brunch favourite, scrambled egg fits nicely alongside the bacon and avocado to give your guests a great selection to choose from.
Try our smashed avocado and bacon on toasted sourdough recipe on your next charcuterie brunch board!
4. Pancakes: Pancakes are one of the most popular brunch recipes, whether you serve them sweet or savoury, you can't go wrong with including them on your brunch board. To make them brunch-board friendly, simply make mini versions of your pancakes so that they're a snack size piece.
5. Maple Syrup: Just like olive oil or chutney on a classic charcuterie board, maple syrup can be included in small ramekins to serve alongside your pancakes.
6. Fruit: Fruit is an essential for brunch, whether that be the UK's favourite, apples, or second favourite, watermelon. You can also include berries, such as blueberries or strawberries, on your brunch board to accompany your pancakes! Fruit is the perfect, colourful addition to a vegan charcuterie board.
Our fig and pancakes recipe will help you create sweet and indulgent additions to your brunch board.