Here's a little entertaining inspiration for your next friends or family gathering. This beautiful decadent cheese board is filled with some of my favourites, creamy truffle brie on sweet anise tortas, a buttery tangy blue with roasted walnuts, and a smooth earthy mature goats cheese with spiced pear paste. Delicious!
The key to create a beautiful and also delicious cheeseboard is to choose a diverse range of cheeses. Whether you have three, five, or seven cheeses featured (best practice is to stick to odd numbers), you want to prioritise a mix of tastes and textures. A soft creamy brie or camembert or washed rind, a beautiful creamy tangy blue, a fresh or mature goat cheese, cheddar, semi-hard, etc. For an even greater visual impact choose cheeses with different shapes, colours, and sizes, and pair with interesting and in season local produce.
Below you'll find a list of the cheeses and also accompaniments I used in this scene. I've showcased some of Australia's diverse and divine cheeses that I am so lucky to have access to. Definitely spoiled for choice!
Now that I've shared my favourites, what's your ‘must-have cheese’ on a delicious and decadent cheeseboard?
Ingredients
15 minutes 
10-15 Cheeses
- 'That’s Amore' Burrata - soft & milky. Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil & top with fresh herbs & freshly cracked black pepper.
- 'Section 28' Mont Priscilla - a semi-hard cheese, buttery, sweet & smooth, with a beautiful line of ash running through its centre.
- 'Milawa' Goats Milk Camembert - a delicious earthy camembert. Perfect with fresh honey or honeycomb.
- 'Bay of Fires' Cloth Cheddar - a beautiful clothbound cheddar.
- 'Holy Goat' La Luna Goats Cheese - tangy & peppery with a beautiful moonscape rind (one of my favourite cheeses).
- 'Tamar Valley' Truffle Brie - a decedent smooth creamy brie with a truffle filled centre. Need I say more!?
- 'Berry Creek' Riverine Blue - a creamy & fruity buffalo milk blue.
A special mention to one of my favourites that didn't make it - 'Meredith Dairy' Marinated Goats Cheese. I always have this in our fridge, perfect for salads, avo toast, pasta, etc, but also perfect on a cheeseboard.
Accompaniments
- 'Ines Rosales' Tortas with Anise - slightly sweet large round tortas
- Lavosh & Wafer Crackers
- Muscatels
- Medjool Dates
- Spiced Pear Paste (quick tip - jams also work wonderfully instead of cheese pastes - fig, dark berry, etc)
- Fresh Honeycomb
- Roasted Walnuts
- Caper Berries
- Green Sicilian Olives
- Dried Kalamata Olives
- Freshly Cracked Black Pepper
Method
- Arrange the cheese and accompaniments onto a large serving board or platter.
