Viral Valentine Charcuterie Board
Charcuterie Board
Flower Shape Pepperoni Roses
This easy to put together charcuterie board features favorites, and includes heart shaped cheeses, pepperoni roses (includes how-to), Valentine’s candies, crackers, and raspberries.
Notes: When initially slicing the cheese, you can choose to do 2 or 3 slices instead of one, to make the cheese a bit thinner. You can also use different meats to make the roses.
You’ll need a small heart shaped cutter for the cheese. You could use the smallest one here.
This cutting board is similar in size to the one I used.
Valentine’s Day Charcuterie Board
Charcuterie Ingredients
- 8 oz block cheddar cheese
- 8oz block pepper jack cheese
- 40 slices pepperoni
- Crackers
- Valentine’s Conversation Hearts
- Heart shaped chocolates (used Dove, removed wrappers)
- Valentine’s M&Ms candies
- Raspberries
Charcuterie Directions
Slice your blocks of cheese in half lengthwise so you have two rectangular blocks. Use the cutter to cut heart shapes into the blocks of cheese. (then eat the scraps, so no cheese is wasted)
Make the pepperoni roses. HOW TO: Grab a shot glass. Place the pepperoni slice on the rim, half inside and half outside the glass. Add the next slice of pepperoni halfway over that one, then halfway over the next, etc. You will use 10 slices total per rose. Push the pepperoni slices against the inside and outside of the shot glass, which will help keep the roses formed.
Arrange the crackers onto your board, starting from the top left, then stacking down on an angle, 1-2 inches from the bottom right corner.
Place a pepperoni rose above and below the crackers, in the center of your line of crackers.
Arrange cheddar cheese hearts above the crackers, to the right of the pepperoni rose to help hold it in place. Do the same with the pepper jack cheese to the left of the bottom rose.
Add Conversation Hearts under the bottom pepperoni rose and to the right, until you meet the crackers.
Add another pepperoni rose under the cheddar cheese hearts, against the crackers.
Add chocolate hearts under the pepperoni rose, filling the bottom corner of the board
Add raspberries all around the cheddar cheese hearts, meeting at the pepperoni roses, and also to the left of the pepperjack cheese, filling in that left side.
Add M&Ms above and next to the top rose, and above the chocolate hearts.
viral valentine's day charcuterie board
This easy to put together charcuterie board features favorites, and includes heart shaped cheeses,
pepperoni roses (includes how-to), Valentine's candies, crackers, and raspberries.
Ingredients
- ● 8 oz block cheddar cheese
- ● 8oz block pepper jack cheese
- ● 40 slices pepperoni
- ● Crackers
- ● Valentine’s Conversation Hearts
- ● Heart shaped chocolates (used Dove, removed wrappers)
- ● Valentine’s M&Ms candies
- ● Raspberries
Instructions
- Slice your blocks of cheese in half lengthwise so you have two rectangular blocks. Use the cutter to cut heart shapes into the blocks of cheese. (then eat the scraps, so no cheese is wasted)
- Make the pepperoni roses. HOW TO: Grab a shot glass. Place the pepperoni slice on the rim, half inside and half outside the glass. Add the next slice of pepperoni halfway over that one, then halfway over the next, etc. You will use 10 slices total per rose. Push the pepperoni slices against the inside and outside of the shot glass, which will help keep the roses formed.
- Arrange the crackers onto your board, starting from the top left, then stacking down on an angle, 1-2 inches from the bottom right corner.
- Place a pepperoni rose above and below the crackers, in the center of your line of crackers.
- Arrange cheddar cheese hearts above the crackers, to the right of the pepperoni rose to help hold it in place. Do the same with the pepper jack cheese to the left of the bottom rose.
- Add Conversation Hearts under the bottom pepperoni rose and to the right, until you meet the crackers.
- Add another pepperoni rose under the cheddar cheese hearts, against the crackers.
- Add chocolate hearts under the pepperoni rose, filling the bottom corner of the board
- Add raspberries all around the cheddar cheese hearts, meeting at the pepperoni roses, and also to the left of the pepperjack cheese, filling in that left side.
- Add M&Ms above and next to the top rose, and above the chocolate hearts.
- Add the final pepperoni rose to the top right corner.
- Voila! You have a gorgeous Valentine’s Day inspired charcuterie board.
Notes
Pepperoni Roses: Grab a shot glass. Place the pepperoni slice on the rim, half inside and half outside the glass. Add the next slice of pepperoni halfway over that one, then halfway over the next, etc. You will use 10 slices total per rose. Push the pepperoni slices against the inside and outside of the shot glass, which will help keep the roses formed.
