When most of us think of charcuterie boards, we think of meat and cheese platters. By definition, that is what it is. The word charcuterie is a French term for cooking devoted to prepared meats. Before refrigerators, it was intended as a way to preserve meat.
In today’s culture, I think of it as a meat and cheese appetizer with flare. There is so much creativity focusing on charcuterie boards on all social media and blogs. Because of this, the term has evolved into sometimes not including meat and cheese in the creation. The word has evolved into a pretty presentation for an appetizer with various foods. I have seen fruit, breakfast pancakes, desserts, etc and it always amazes me with what people come up with.
I recently was asked to bring an appetizer to a family get-together. It was a really busy week for me, so I needed something quick…but I didn’t want to make it look like I just ran to the store and bought already prepared items…even though that IS what I did.
For this appetizer, I ran to Kroger and Whole Foods and got various premade sushi rolls. Instead of keeping them in their store bought containers, I decided to arrange them on this cute bamboo tray from Amazon. I really liked the sides of the tray because I wanted to arrange the sushi at home and transfer it to the party. This made sure that my creation didn’t get ruined on the drive.
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In addition, to different types of sushi, I got some “garnish” to add to the empty spaces that I might have between sushi and to add color.
When making any type of charcuterie board, I recommend places the larger items on the board first. These will be the focal point and the most important to place where you like them. For me, that was the sashimi sushi (raw fish not in the rolls).
Charcuterie board placement is really an art and is very subjective on where you think things should be placed. I recommend spreading out colors and rolls so it is distributed evenly through the board.
I also like to go with the phrase, “less is more” when assembling a charcuterie board. While I bought that cute bamboo board, I love charcuterie boards that are cascading with the different elements.
After getting everything assembled the way I liked it, I cut some flowers off of a bouquet I had on my coffee table. It added a nice pop of color that I really liked. The pink flowers you can see in the below picture looked Japanese inspired, so that was also a happy coincidence!
Overall, this board turned out very pretty and looks so impressive, but it took me less than 10 minutes to assemble! You can make this as easy or as hard as you want it to be- maybe even roll your own sushi for it if you are feeling crazy??
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If you make a sushi charcuterie board arrangement, let me know! I would love to see how it turned out and what you used to make it your own creative creation!
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