The Mezze Cheese Board

This abundant spread lets you travel across the Mediterranean with every bite. There’s lots of cheese to discover—satisfying Cypriot halloumi and two treasures from Spain. Plus, the best briny, creamy, spicy pairings like spicy salami, Spanish olives, stuffed grape leaves, and red pepper spread. This versatile board can be appetizer, lunch, or dinner, especially with the added falafel, and if there are any leftovers (not likely!) they’re perfect wrapped up in a pita.

Featuring

prep time
70minutes
assembly time
15minutes
Serves
4people

preparation & ingredients

1 ea. Halloumi

1/2 lb. Mitica® Leonora® a Fuego

1/2 lb. Murray's Young Manchego

1 ea. Brooklyn Cured Sliced Spicy Beef Salami, 3 oz.

1 ea. The Spotted Trotter Sliced Bresaola, 3 oz.

Tzatziki (store-bought or homemade)

1 ea. Losada Carmona Olive Mix, 12 oz.

1 ea. Dolmas, Stuffed Grape Leaves, 8.8 oz.

1 ea. Bello Rustico Crostini, 7 oz.

1 ea. Mt. Vikos Red Pepper And Feta Spread, 7.7 oz.

Pita

Falafel

prep

Slice the halloumi and pan-fry until brown.

Cut the Manchego into long triangular slices.

Cut the Leonora® a Fuego into rectangular slices.

assembly

Step 1

On a rectangular board, place three small bowls–bowl 1 in the upper right corner, bowl 2 in the upper left about two inches away from the left edge, and bowl 3 in the bottom left corner.

Step 2

Starting from the right-hand edge of bowl 3, shingle the slices of Leonora® a Fuego along the bottom edge of the board in a single row. Below bowl 1, shingle the slices of Manchego, curving and filling out the bottom left corner of the board. To the left of bowl 1, arrange your slices of halloumi in a pile.

Step 3

Starting to the left of the halloumi, shingle the slices of bresaola moving diagonally across the board toward the Manchego, leaving a gap before you reach the cheese. Arrange your slices of salami in two rows in the upper left corner of the board.

Step 4

To the left of the bresaola, make a pile of crostini that curves around bowl 2.

Step 5

Arrange your dolmas in the space between the bresaola and the Manchego. Fill bowl 2 with the red pepper spread and bowl 3 with the olives.

Step 6

Fill bowl 1 with the tzatziki. Fill in the gap across the bottom of the board with the sliced pita. Make a pile of your falafel in the empty space in the center of the board. Enjoy!