Starters & Light meals

Gourmet Christmas cheeseboard

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13 November 2023
Easy
10 minutes

“I don’t care if it’s corny, I love a theme on a plate. This abstract cheese drawing of a Christmas tree is so adorable, and you can customise it as you see fit with preserves, pickles and all kinds of things that pair well with your favourite cheese.”- Khanya Mzongwana

Wine/Spirit Pairing
Saronsberg Syrah Grenache Mourvèdre
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Ingredients

Method
  • 100 g Maasdam
  • 100 g cumin Boerenkaas
  • 100 g Grüberg
  • 100 g Gorgonzola
  • 50 g blue cheese spread
  • 100 g halloumi, grilled and cut into stars
  • crackers, for serving (optional)
  • 100 g olives
  • 1⁄3 cup honey 1⁄3 cup

Method

Ingredients

Arrange the cheeses on a platter in a Christmas tree shape. Add crackers if desired, drizzle over the honey, add the olives and serve.

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Photographs: Toby Murphy 
Production: Khanya Mzongwana
Food Assistant: Josh Van Zyl 
Khanya Mzongwana

Recipe by: Khanya Mzongwana

If you're anything like our deputy food editor Khanya Mzongwana, you're obsessed with uniqueness and food with feeling. Cook her family-tested favourites, midweek winners and her mouth-wateringly fresh takes on plant-based eating.

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