EUROPEAN CHEESE SELECTION
Drive Profits By Adding Cheese Boards to Your Menu!
When to serve: Serve cheese boards as appetizers or desserts. Also, serve alone in your bar area or to customers just stopping in for drinks. Additional applications: Catering, parties, hospitality, wine tastings. Why: Capitalize on the “shareable snack” trend that is popular with Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z diners. Our Magellan® European Cheese Selection features four cheeses that pair perfectly together as the base of a delicious cheese board with true European flair: Manchego from Spain, Nazareth from Belgium, Kefalotyri from Greece and Pecorino Toscano DOP from Italy. How to serve: These cheeses work by themselves on a simple board or as part of more elaborate offering. Cheeses are best served at room temperature. Remove from refrigerator 30–60 minutes before serving. Meat pairings: Roma® Prosciutto di Parma, Roma® Sliced Italian Dry Salami.
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Antipasti Pairings: Roma® Artichoke Hearts, Roma® Kalamata Olives, Roma® Pepperoncini. Additional Pairings: Greek dolma, hummus and roasted red peppers, balsamic reduction, stone-ground mustards, freshly roasted almonds, dried apricots, grapes, fig jam, quince paste, quick pickled onions. Don’t forget Heritage Ovens® Artisan Breads! Beverage Pairings: European cheeses pair best with European wines, so mirror the countries where they are made with Italian Chianti and Pinot Grigio and Spanish Tempranillo or a Greek Cava. In terms of beer, offer a Mythos® Hellenic Beer, Belgian Lager, a Brown Ale, and a Pilsner. Quantity: General rule is 1 ounce per cheese per person. Denser, richer cheese can be served in smaller quantities and you can serve less cheese if you are serving more meat and bread alongside the cheese. For table service, space cheeses evenly across wood, slate or a glass plate. Space sauces, condiments and additional accompaniments between cheeses, dolloping sauces in artful shapes or patterns for eyecatching presentation. For larger servings like parties or hospitality, dice cheese and serve in heaping piles with fruit or antipasti artfully piled between cheeses. Serve condiments and crackers or bread in separate containers on the side.
28 provisions July/August 2017