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Easy Patriotic Charcuterie Board with Stunning 4th of July Fruit Flag Design

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A quick and festive charcuterie board featuring a colorful fruit flag design with strawberries, blueberries, goat cheese, and assorted cheeses and nuts. Perfect for 4th of July celebrations and summer gatherings.

Ingredients

  • Fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
  • Fresh blueberries
  • Goat cheese, softened
  • Sharp cheddar cheese, cubed or sliced
  • Assorted crackers (multigrain, water crackers, or rosemary crackers)
  • Mixed nuts (almonds, pecans, or walnuts, lightly toasted if possible)
  • Fresh mint leaves
  • Honey or balsamic glaze (optional drizzle)

Instructions

  1. Rinse the strawberries and blueberries thoroughly, then hull and slice the strawberries into thin pieces about 1/4 inch thick.
  2. Cube or slice the cheddar cheese into bite-sized pieces, and soften the goat cheese so it’s easy to spread.
  3. Spread thin, even stripes of goat cheese across the board to form the white stripes, about 1.5 inches wide, leaving gaps between each stripe for the red strawberry stripes.
  4. Arrange the strawberry slices in neat rows between the goat cheese stripes, overlapping slightly to create cohesive stripes.
  5. In the upper left corner of the board, pile a cluster of blueberries into a roughly 3 x 3 inch square shape to form the star section.
  6. Surround the fruit flag with cubed cheddar cheese and scatter mixed nuts in the empty spaces around the board.
  7. Garnish with fresh mint leaves sparingly around the board and drizzle a tiny bit of honey or balsamic glaze over some cheese clusters if desired.

Notes

Keep fruit chilled until serving and add mint leaves last to keep them fresh. Use a sharp knife for clean strawberry slices and overlap slices slightly for a ribbon effect. For gluten-free, swap crackers with gluten-free crackers or fresh veggie sticks. Softening goat cheese at room temperature for 15 minutes improves spreadability. Assemble board just before serving for best appearance.

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