This Thanksgiving, there will be a lot of yummy foods for you to enjoy, but among them is the legendary charcuterie board! A board with cheese, meat, and crackers, and we have the best list of cheeses for your future charcuterie boards! Let’s get into it!
- Pepper Jack
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This is a very delicious cheese with a little spice in it; it is usually accompanied by prosciutto (a very delicious meat). It originated in California and was a modernized version of Monterey Jack cheese. Aside from on cheese boards, it’s usually found in quesadillas, in chili, or on top of burgers and tacos. This cheese has peppers in it, hence the name.
- Feta
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Feta is a crumbly cheese that originated in Greece and is made from sheep’s milk or a mixture of sheep and goat milk. It is very fragile and can crumble easily, which makes it good for dishes with cheese that don’t use huge clumps of cheese every here and there, but rather a more even layer of cheese spread around. If not on cheese boards, it’s found on toast, with eggs, or in salads.
- Gouda
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Gouda cheese is a very nice cheese for cheese boards and it has some very interesting tastes. It’s a semi-hard cheese made from cow’s milk and was created in the Netherlands. It has a smoky, nutty, sometimes caramel-like flavor that makes it a fan favorite for cheese lovers. It can be found on grilled cheese sandwiches and cheese boards. And its outer shell has a deep red that makes it pop out on cheese boards.
- Cheddar
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Cheddar cheese is by far the most popular cheese for most things, like burgers, chili, and so much more, but we’re here for cheese boards, and this cheese is great on cheese boards, but it could be better. Its strong taste makes it good on things with other flavors, but just by itself, it’s not bad, but it isn’t the best cheese out there. It has a very powerful flavor that gets stronger as it ages. But there’s one more cheese that tops this…
1. Brie
Brie is by far one of the best cheeses out there! Its hard outer crust and soft gooey inside make it perfect for crackers. Some people even make their own with special ingredients like cranberries and nuts inside the cheese. It originated in France and went worldwide not long after. It pairs very well with fruits like apples and pears; it also goes well with things like nuts.
So there you have it, TMS’s picks for the best cheeses for your charcuterie board this Thanksgiving. What’s your favorite cheese? Comment below!
