Best Party Platter Cheese Tray Recipes

PARTY PLATTER CHEESE TRAY

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Get your party started with an easy Party Platter Cheese Tray. Use KRAFT Cheeses and serve them with crackers and fruit to create the cheese tray.

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Home

Time 15m

Yield 24 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 pkg. (8 oz.) KRAFT Sharp Cheddar Cheese, sliced
1 pkg. (8 oz.) KRAFT Swiss Cheese, sliced
4 oz. KRAFT Colby Cheese, cut into cubes
4 oz. CRACKER BARREL Havarti Cheese, cut into cubes
128 thin wheat snack crackers
48 woven wheat crackers
40 round buttery crackers
1-1/2 lb. seedless green, red or black grapes, cut into small clusters
1 red apple, sliced
1 Granny Smith apple

Steps:

Arrange cheese, crackers and fruit on serving platter.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 250, Fat 14 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 30 mg, Sodium 300 mg, Carbohydrate 25 g, Fiber 3 g, Sugar 7 g, Protein 9 g

CHEESE PLATTER

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Assembling a stunning fruit and cheese platter requires no cooking. I follow a few key principles to be sure it looks festive and is easy for guests to help themselves. First, I choose an interesting assortment of cheeses--hard sharp cheeses, soft creamy ones, and pungent blue cheeses. I look for an interesting mix of flavors, textures, and colors.

Provided by Ina Garten

Categories appetizer

Number Of Ingredients 3

Ingredients

French Camembert, Le Chevrot (a sharp goat cheese)
Rondin with herbs (a creamy goat cheese)
Montagnolo (a creamy blue cheese).

Steps:

Go to the best cheese shop in town and ask the person at the counter which cheeses are ready to serve. Taste everything; they expect you to. We all know that the Brie may look terrific, but it can be underripe and tough or overripe and ammoniated. You want only the freshest cheeses that are perfectly ripened. Take them home, refrigerate them, and then bring them to room temperature a few hours before serving.
Second, be sure to have a platter or wooden board that is flat and large enough to hold the cheeses without crowding them. Arrange the cheeses with the cut sides facing out, and with several small cheese knives, maybe one for each type of cheese.
Third, to finish the platter, add sliced breads or crackers, and green leaves. I use either lemon or galax leaves, which you can get from your florist. If you have a garden, any large flat leaf like hydrangea looks beautiful, but be sure they aren't poisonous and are pesticide-free!
Overall, the simpler the design, the better the platter looks. Group each kind of cheese together and add one large bunch of green or red grapes in the center to create a visual focal point. Fill in the spaces with lots of crackers or small slices of bread.