Y’all know I love a good charcuterie board and anything festive, so I’m very excited to partner with Kentucky Proud to share how to build a holiday charcuterwreath! I used mostly Kentucky Proud items to create this charcuterie board shaped like a holiday wreath. Check out all the products and get step by step instructions for making your own charcuterwreath below.
Kentucky Proud stands for foods, farmers’ markets, crafts, nursery items and many other products and destinations rooted in Kentucky. Kentucky Proud foods are raised, grown, or processed in Kentucky by Kentuckians. I love shopping Kentucky Proud because I know I’m supporting local farm families while enjoying delicious food. I also find new products and flavors you can’t find anywhere else when seeking out these local foods, like the Friends Drift Inn Bourbon Tomato Jam on this board. Check out this site to find Kentucky Proud holiday products near you.
In Lexington you can find them all over: Kroger, Critchfield’s, The Kentucky Proud Store, Liquor Barn Good Foods Co-Op and more. Some of the products I used on this board were Friends Drift Inn Bourbon Tomato Jam (found at a local market), Appalachia Proud Blackberry Jam (found at Kroger), Kentucky’s Smoking Grill Spiced Honey Mustard (found at Target in Lexington), Charlie’s Beer Cheese (found at Kroger), Dad’s Pepper Jack Spread (found at Kroger) and Boone Creek Creamery White Cheddar (found at Critchfield’s). And to find a list of Kentucky Proud farm-sourced artisan cheeses, visit kyproud.com/cheese.
How to make a Charcuterwreath
Ingredients
- Beer cheese, pimento cheese or other spreads
- Soft cheese
- Hard cheese, crumbled or sliced
- Country ham, sliced thin
- Tomato jam, chutney or other savory spread
- Sweet jam or honey
- Mustard
- Sliced apples
- Raspberries, blackberries or grapes
- Sliced cucumber, zucchini or radish
- Cherry tomatoes
- Olives, pickles or mixed nuts
- Fresh herbs like rosemary, sage and/or thyme
Directions
- Place ramekins with cheese spreads and jam/honey/mustard around board in circular shape
- Arrange herbs to form the outline of a wreath shape around board
- Add hard cheese, soft cheese and country ham on opposite sides of board
- Fill in open spaces with veggies, apples, olives, pickles etc
- Add any extra herbs to fill in your wreath
Who’s ready to build a charcuterwreath?! I hope you’re feeling inspired to incorporate Kentucky Proud products into your holiday festivities this year. It’s such a simple and special way to elevate your entertaining and make it more personal. Have fun picking out new ingredients and flavors. The best thing about charcuterie boards is that you can always mix them up. I’m planning on recreating this board when I host some girlfriends for a white elephant exchange next week and am thinking I’ll add a bourbon barrel aged honey!
Biscuits & blessings,
Leels
