The Modern Cheeseboard

Description

This sumptuous guide gives you everything you need to put together the perfect cheeseboard for any occasion, with 40 beautiful delicious ideas to suit all tastes.

Morgan McGlynn, resident cheese expert from Channel 4's Sunday Brunch, brings you this complete guide, filled with beautiful recipes to wow guests and delight the palate.

A how-to guide that breaks the cheeseboard down into its components— cheese, meat, accompaniments, garnish. – allowing you to create stunning spreads for any occasion.

Ideas include:
 

• Perfect Summer Picnic: This light and fresh selection is the ideal cheeseboard for the summer, and can be packed up and taken on walks, trips or days out.
• Brunch Board: Make the most important meal of the day a little more special with this mouthwatering selection of cheeses and accompaniments. 
• Cosy Night In Board – Shelter in on cold winter evenings with a warming fondue for two as a centre piece, the ideal sharing board for the one you love with wine parings for each cheese.
• Ultimate Game Day Board: Add some flavour to complement the big match with stuffed mini peppers, spicy guacamole and homemade blue cheese and chive sauce. 

Most importantly, this book will teach you how to pair cheeses perfectly, from classic pairings to the unexpected. In addition to the easy-to-follow instructions and gorgeous inspiration, The Modern Cheeseboard also pairs drinks to match the boards, along with recipes for your own chutneys and jams.

With boards ranging from the everyday to the showstopper, alongside ideas for key occasions throughout the year and inspiration from around the World, this book is guaranteed to wow guests and have mouths watering.The Modern Cheeseboard is a how-to guide that breaks the cheeseboard down into its components— cheese, meat, produce, crunch, dip, garnish.

Morgan McGlynn is the owner of Cheeses of Muswell Hill, an award-winning independent cheese shop in North London. At age 21 she was Britain’s youngest female cheesemonger and she is the resident Cheese Expert on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch, with recent appearances contributing to the programme’s highest-ever social media interaction. She is also cheese consultant for leading retailers and  in 2017 launched her cheese wholesale business which now stocks some of the UK’s best delicatessens, farm shops, Michelin star restaurants and cheese shops.

INTRODUCTION
 
The basics
– Types of boards
– Cheese tools
– How to cut cheese
– How to serve cheese
– How much cheese do you need
– Types of cheese

Pairings
– Flavour wheel
– The science of flavour pairings
– Seasonal ingredients
– Pairing cheese and edible flowers
– Pairing cheeses and herbs
– Pairing cheeses and wine
– Pairing cheeses and meat

Getting started
– How to build the perfect cheeseboard cheat sheet
– Step by step guide to building an everyday cheeseboard
 
THE BOARDS
Chapter 1 – Everyday boards

1. The timeless classics
2. Brunch board
3. Perfect summer picnic
4. Cosy night in
5. Farmers’ market
6. Fruit pairing cheeseboard
7. Whisky cheeseboard
8. Mezze platter
9. Après ski board
10. Ultimate game-day board
11. Baked feta board
12. Blue cheeseboard
13. Easy crostini
14. The G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time)

 
Chapter 2 – Throughout the year boards

1. Valentine’s Day fondue for two
2. St Patrick’s Day board
3. Easter board
4. Summer solstice board
5. The cookout board
6. Halloween cheeseboard
7. Holiday gather board
8. A festive cheese wreath
9. Boxing Day party board
10. New Year's Eve ultimate celebration board

 
Chapter 3 – Around the world boards

1. Great British cheeseboard
2. Champs-Élysées board
3. Spanish tapas board
4. The caprese board
5. Paneer platter
6. The smörgåsbord
7. Cinco de Mayo board
8. Caribbean grill-out cheeseboard

 
Chapter 4 – Showstopper boards

1. Every day I'm trufflin'
2. Antipasto board
3. Farmers' market rainbow board
4. Chocolate + cheese heaven
5. The birthday board
6. From the sea
7. Piece de resistance: the grazing table

 
Recipes for Your Board
Relishes, pickles and chutneys:
 
1. My perfect piccalilli 
2. My tomato chutney 
3. Hot peach pickle
4. Pear compote
5. Negroni chutney
6. Guacamole
7. Beetroot Houmous 
8. Boozy pickles
9. Whisky orange marmalade 
10. Gin-pickled cucumbers 
11. Hot honey
 
Stockists and end matter
 ‘From the first time I met Morgan I knew she was a special talent. From making, storing and ageing to tasting, slicing and hunting out new cheeses, there seems to be nothing she doesn’t know.’ Simon Rimmer, Sunday Brunch'This book inspires, educates and makes you salivate. Morgan is the Queen of Cheese.'—Simon Rimmer'This book is just so yummy and each board is a piece of art.'—José Pizarro

Additional information

Dimensions	1 × 8 × 10.4 in
Imprint	White Lion Publishing
Format	General Trade
ISBN-13	09780711274426
ISBN-10	0711274428
Author	Morgan McGlynn
Audience	General / adult
BISAC	CKB082000, CKB101000, CKB000000, CKB023000, CKB096000
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