Description
Create a festive and visually stunning Magical Santa Charcuterie Board featuring an assortment of savory salami, creamy cheeses, fresh fruits, nuts, and crackers arranged beautifully to resemble Santa’s face. Perfect for holiday entertaining, this no-cook recipe brings whimsy and flavor to your Christmas gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
Meats
- 12 oz Salami
Cheeses
- 2 oz Halloumi cheese
- ½ cup Mozzarella balls
- 8 oz Brie cheese
Produce & Fruits
- 1 Red bell pepper (one small sliver)
- 1 Black olive (only one)
- 1 cup Grapes (Red or green, or both)
- â…“ cup Apricots (or other fruit of choice)
- Fresh herbs (quantity as desired)
Other
- â…” cup Nuts (Assorted or your favorite type)
- ⅓ cup Green olives (or candied jalapeños)
- 1 cup Crackers (Assorted)
Instructions
- Cut Halloumi Snowflakes: Using a medium snowflake-shaped cookie cutter, cut out a few snowflakes from the halloumi cheese. Then, cut the remaining halloumi into cubes for arrangement.
- Prepare Brie Cheese Face: Remove the brie cheese from its package. Slice off the top section about one-third of the circumference. Cut small triangles from this piece to create Santa’s mustache feature.
- Arrange Brie and Features: Cover your serving tray or board with a napkin. Place the brie cheese on the board to form the face base. Use halves of green olives for the eyes and slices of red bell pepper to shape the mouth. From the leftover brie, cut a strip to form Santa’s cap on the board.
- Prepare Salami Curls: Cut the salami slices in half and arrange them in whimsical curls on the board, clustering them as if they are leaning on each other to form Santa’s hat.
- Complete Salami Cap: Continue layering salami curls to complete the shape of Santa’s hat. Place a halloumi snowflake on the tip of the cap as a pom-pom decoration.
- Add Crackers and Dippers: Position crackers neatly at the corners of the tray. In other corners, place small containers or piles of candied jalapeños (cowboy candy), olives, apricots, or your chosen dippers.
- Arrange Remaining Ingredients: Neatly arrange the mozzarella balls, nuts, fresh herbs, and grapes compactly around the cheese and meats to fill white space and complete the festive look.
- Serve: Serve the Magical Santa Charcuterie Board immediately to enjoy the fresh flavors and beautiful presentation.
Notes
- This dreamy Santa charcuterie board makes a perfect holiday centerpiece combining cheese, meats, fruits, nuts, and crackers.
- Feel free to customize with your choice of nuts and fruit to suit your preferences.
- Use fresh herbs to enhance both flavor and color contrast on the board.
- Best served immediately to maintain the texture and freshness of the ingredients.
- This is a no-cook recipe ideal for quick holiday entertaining preparations.
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
