Tagliere: Salumi and Cheese Board
How to build an aperitivo board
The short version
An Italian tagliere for aperitivo: a few cured meats, two or three cheeses of different textures, bread or grissini, and something sharp or sweet to cut the richness.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 0 min
- Total
- 20 min
- Serves
- 6 servings
Ingredients
- 4 oz prosciutto, thinly sliced
- 4 oz salami or soppressata, sliced
- 4 oz mortadella, thinly sliced (optional)
- 1 aged hard cheese, such as Parmigiano Reggiano, broken into chunks
- 1 semi-soft cheese, such as fontina or young pecorino
- 1 fresh cheese, such as mozzarella or burrata
- Grissini, focaccia squares or sliced bread
- Olives, giardiniera or honey and fruit to finish
Instructions
- 01
Temper the cheese. Take the cheeses out of the fridge 30–45 minutes before serving so they taste of something.
- 02
Fold the meats. Loosely fold or ruffle the sliced meats rather than stacking them flat, so they separate easily.
- 03
Build the board. Place the cheeses first, spaced apart, then the meats, then fill gaps with bread, olives and pickles.
- 04
Add knives. Give each cheese its own knife and serve right away. Return leftovers to the fridge within two hours.
Larry’s rule: Pick cheeses by texture — one hard, one soft, one fresh. Three good ones beat eight random ones.
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