Steps to creating your own grazing platters

1 Find your base

You don’t need an artisanal cheese-board to wine and dine. Any old chopping board, parchment paper or even baking tray could work perfectly well.

2 Pick your Ingredients

The possibilities for what to include are endless, but we’ve come up with ideas for ingredients that work well together:

Cheese
Offer a selection of at least three cheeses for your board. We recommend a hard cheese, a soft cheese, a goat cheese or even a vegan cheese!

Fruits
The freshest produce tends to be the ones that are in season. Some delicious and refreshing options to consider are grapes, berries and pears.

Vegetables
Everyone loves a good crunch, especially when it’s packed with micronutrients. You could opt for red or yellow capsicum, cucumbers, carrots, cherry tomatoes and celery.

Crackers
Choose a selection of crackers with different shapes and textures. Our favourites are water crackers, wafer crackers, breadsticks and lavosh, just to keep things interesting!

Dips
We recommend thick creamy dips such as hummus or baba ghanoush as great accompaniments to the crackers. Feel free to mix it up with guacamole or beetroot dips for beautiful pops of colour.

3 Load up the extras

We love gourmet chocolate-covered almond, dried cranberries, fruit paste and olives. Add a little pot of locally sourced honey to stay in theme with new year celebrations.

4 Assemble your board

Get your heaviest items on first, this being cheese and dips because they will occupy the most space. Group your crackers and place them in areas surrounding the dips and cheese. Scatter your fruits and vegetables.

Pro tip: Grouping ingredients by colour will add pops of vibrance to your board.

Tuck your extras into the gaps.

5 The perfect combination

Pair your grazing platter with your favourite beverage and you now have a popping smorgasbord with a side of insta-worthiness!