The Ultimate Mediterranean Appetizer Platter
My favorite cheeses and spreads for a fabulous appetizer board! This isn't really a 'recipe' per se but more of a guide of what to include on the platter with recipes linked above in the blog post.
Servings 16 servings
Ingredients
Fruits and veggies:
- Diced cantaloupe and slices wrapped in prosciutto
- green and purple grapes, fresh pears, sliced, and assortment of kamalata olives
- sliced carrots, cucumbers, celery and cherry tomatoes
Breads and Crackers:
- Sliced toasted baguettes, crackers, pita (fresh and/or chips), tortilla chips
Cheeses:
- Aged gouda and raw gouda cut into cubes
- Greek feta sprinkled with Mediterrean oregano
- Soft goat cheese topped with fig spread, link above I always have the deli cut about 4 oz off a log of fresh soft goat cheese
Sun Dried Tomato Hummus and Bacon Wrapped Dates: recipe linked above
Instructions
Fresh crumbled feta with jalapeno (preferably sheep's milk)
- 8 oz feta, mix with chopped jalepeno (start with a teaspoon and add more to taste) or mix with chopped sun dried tomatoes to taste. I also like to combine the two! Tomatoes and jalepeno together.
- Drizzle cheese mixture with extra virgin olive oil and use to spread on crackers, or as a dip for chips or pita.
Goat cheese with fig jam:
- Spoon Fig Jam onto goat cheese and use a knife to spread on crackers