North German Cheese Plate and Easy Crackers Recipe
North German Cheese Plate and Easy Crackers Recipe: effortless and impressive appetizers and cheeses, rye crackers, meat, fish, fruit and nuts.
Servings 10 servings
Calories 302kcal
Ingredients
For the rye crackers (4 servings):
- 6 slices thin rye bread
- salt
- pepper
For the cheese plate (4 servings):
- Danish Pilsner (or any other light lager brown or amber beer)
- 150 grams or 5 oz aged gouda
- 150 grams or 5 oz Danish Bernsteiner
- 150 grams or 5 oz Velfrisk Danish North Sea cheese
- 150 grams or 5 oz Nørvind cheese with blue and white mould
- rye bread crackers see the recipe below
- about 12 cornichons
- a handful walnuts (or pistachios pecans/hazelnuts)
- 150 grams or 5 oz smoked trout or salmon/eel
- 100 grams or 3.5 oz North Sea shrimps or any other shrimps
- 150 grams or 5 oz dry-cured Holsteiner smoked ham or Prosciutto ham
- 85 grams or 3 oz fine liver pâté with plums or any other pâté mixed with chopped dried plums
- 1 pear
- a handful dried cherries and apricots (or dried cranberries apples, pears/plums)
- 60 grams or 2 oz fig mustard or fig jam/honey
Instructions
To make the rye crackers:
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C or 350 °F.
- Cut your bread slices in 4 pieces (if their shape is square or round). Arrange on a baking tray and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Roast for about 5 minutes, flip over and roast for 3 more minutes or until crispy.
To assemble the cheese plate:
- Arrange all the ingredients together with rye crackers on a large wooden board or plate. Serve as an appetizer. Enjoy!
Notes
If you can't find some of these cheeses, no worries. Just make sure to have 3-4 different types of cheese on your plate.
Nutrition
Calories: 302kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 109mg | Sodium: 711mg | Potassium: 215mg | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 2715IU | Vitamin C: 1.2mg | Calcium: 361mg | Iron: 1.1mg