Red, White & Bleu Board

Your go-to July 4th Charcuterie Recipe

If there is ONE board you make this July 4th Weekend, please, please let it be this one.

Meet the Red, White & Bleu Board 🇺🇸 (yes, bleu, because we’re putting bleu cheese on it and I will simply never pass up a good cheese pun)

Here’s the breakdown:

• Red: raspberries, strawberries, pomegranates and salami
• White: white cheddar cubes, manchego and the cutest little cheese stars (I used cookie cutters and white sliced American cheese to make these)
• Bleu: blueberries, blackberries AND of course, bleu cheese

And the best part: it comes together in about 15 minutes. Let’s make it together.

Here’s everything I used:

Ingredients

• White cheddar (cubed)
• Manchego
• Bleu cheese crumbles
• White American cheese for the star cutouts
• Italian dry salami
• Prosciutto
• Blueberries
• Blackberries
• Raspberries
• Strawberries
• Pomegranate
• Honey
• Fresh rosemary

Materials

• Round marble board
• Your favorite crackers
• Honey jar & dipper
• Cheese knife
• A mini star cookie cutter

Step 1: Start with your cheeses

I always start with placing my cheese because it takes up the most real estate on the board (and acts like a little anchor for everything else). I placed a cluster of white cheddar cubes up top and a manchego zipper closer to the base.

Step 2: Add your bleu cheese + your meats

Next I crumbled bleu cheese into its own little pile on the left, then layered in the meats. Along the edge I did my signature salami links (folded little ribbons of salami, my favorite technique on basically every board I make) and tucked a little prosciutto fan into the middle.

Step 3: Pile in the red & blue fruit

Now for the color! I clustered blueberries and blackberries on one side, raspberries and strawberries on the other, and used pomegranates to fill the gaps and tie it all together.

Step 4: The cheese stars

Just press a mini star cutter into a slice of white cheese and set them right on top of the salami. It takes two minutes.

Step 5: Finish with honey + herbs

Home stretch! I nestled a little honey jar and dipper right in the center and tucked sprigs of fresh rosemary into any last gaps to make the whole thing feel lush and finished 🌿

& that’s it!! Your Red, White & Bleu Board is ready for its big patriotic debut!!!

Make this for your July 4th BBQ, your pool day… really whatever you’ve got going on and send me a picture on IG when you’re done ❤️

OH, and if you’re looking for creative cheese styling tips, make sure to register for my free charcuterie workshop here.