Vegetable Charcuterie Board – Skinnytaste

Transfer over meat and cheese as a result of veggie boards are wholesome, spectacular and easy-to-make on your subsequent get together!

Vegetarian Charcuterie Board

I really like charcuterie boards and the concept of sitting round with household and mates and nibbling whereas chatting. Whenever you desire a more healthy board, these veggie boards are the proper snack for get-togethers. A lot of what goes onto the board will be prepped forward of time, so all you’ll want to do is assemble the board and produce it to your friends.

You possibly can combine and match to create the proper board. Use my options beneath or go along with no matter is seasonal and recent. There are not any proper or fallacious methods to construct an incredible vegetable charcuterie board!

This isn’t your normal veggie platter. In my mother’s day, she’d put out a plate with carrot sticks, olives, celery, and a few ranch dressing. This dressed-up model is modernized with a lot extra to tempt you!

What’s a vegetable charcuterie board

A standard charcuterie board options cured meats, cheeses, and garnishes. You’ll discover every little thing from easy cheddar and sliced deli ham to gourmand Italian prosciutto and imported cheeses. Garnishes can embody every little thing from fancy mustards and pickles to sauces. With a Vegetable Charcuterie board, the idea is the identical – a choice of tempting finger meals – however the choice is completely different!

Vegetable Charcuterie Board

As an alternative of specializing in meats and cheeses, all the eye is on veggies! This fancy crudites platter options radicchio, radishes, grape tomatoes, small carrots with fairly stems nonetheless on them, inexperienced beans, cocktail cucumbers, and extra!

Why I really like a vegetable charcuterie board

• Grazing boards like this are good for sharing.
• You can collect the elements forward of time after which simply assemble the board earlier than serving.
• They’re lovely to have a look at and scrumptious to eat!
• They’re wholesome and low in energy.

Collect these elements

• Radicchio
• Radishes, corresponding to watermelon radishes
• Cherry tomatoes – Or grape tomatoes.
• Carrots – Skinny child carrots with the stems nonetheless on them
• Mini cucumbers – Or English cucumber thinly sliced
• Mini bell peppers
• Snap peas
• Your favourite dips – Nice decisions embody spinach dip, hummus, salsa, and even whipped feta dip.

The right way to make a vegetable charcuterie board

1. Place a bowl of dip off to 1 facet on a big board. I like utilizing this Massive Board from the Reluctant Entertainer so there’s room for tons of goodies!
2. Layer leaves of radicchio across the platter, then fill within the areas with the greens.
3. Add dips and some other goodies you would possibly need to the board, then serve! 

Tricks to make the most effective vegetable charcuterie platter

• Use what’s in season and search for vibrant, wealthy colours.
• Serve baguette slices, or pita wedges or chips on the facet for many who need one thing a bit extra substantial.
• Embody no less than 4 completely different sorts of veggies.
• Embody a dip – or in case your platter is absolutely huge, 3 dips.
• If you want, you can blanch the veggies first by dunking them in boiling water for 1 minute after which chill them in ice water to make them extra vibrant.
• Don’t reduce the veggies greater than 2 hours forward of time to maintain them recent and crisp.
• Be artistic, and don’t be afraid to place it on the board!

Variations

• Attempt pickled inexperienced beans, pickled asparagus, pickled beets, or pickled onions.
• Add your favourite cheese.

Serving options

You possibly can serve your veggie charcuterie board identical to it’s! I love having a desk arrange with sangria or Bellini’s, and I’ll typically additionally put out some desserts like Lemon Poke Cake.

Storage

Wrap up any leftover veggies and different nibbles and retailer them in the fridge for 2-3 days.

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