Thanksgiving Charcuterie Board
This turkey Thanksgiving charcuterie board is an easy and festive way to serve up appetizers prior to your Thanksgiving feast!
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 5kcal
Equipment
- charcuterie board
Ingredients
- Garlic roasted hummus
- Red pepper hummus
- Candy eyes
- Sun-dried tomato
- Carrot slice
- Mixed nuts, pistachios, and pecans
- Peppered salami, pepperoni, and salami slices
- Round crackers, pita crackers, whole grain crackers
- 1 large orange sliced and peeled
- Sliced manchego cheese
- Sharp cheddar cheese, colby cheese, and smoked gouda cheese cubes
- Strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries
- Dried apricots and dried cranberries
Instructions
- Make the shape of a turkey’s head using the garlic hummus then add a small glass bowl filled with the red pepper hummus right at the bottom of the head.Garlic roasted hummus, Red pepper hummus
- Then finish it off by garnishing the turkey head with candy eyes, a little carrot slice, and a tomato giblet.Candy eyes, Carrot slice, Sun-dried tomato
- Make rows of feathers using crackers. Start with the crackers closest to the turkey – three larger circle crackers topped with three smaller crackers.Then add one long row of circle crackers topped with triangle crackers to make it look more like feathers!Round crackers, pita crackers, whole grain crackers
- Add cheese slices and orange rinds as dividers for the rest of the interior feathers.Sliced manchego cheese, 1 large orange
- Start closest to the hummus and carefully fill in the orange rinds with various berries and dried fruit. Once that’s done, keep moving outwards adding more fruit and nuts to fill in the final gaps on the turkey’s main feathers before moving onto the exterior tail feathers.Mixed nuts, pistachios, and pecans, Strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries, Dried apricots and dried cranberries
- Finish it off by adding cheese cubes and ribbons of charcuterie meat folded up in between the cheese slices to finish the Thanksgiving charcuterie board.Peppered salami, pepperoni, and salami slices, Sharp cheddar cheese, colby cheese, and smoked gouda cheese cubes
Notes
Nutrition note - the nutrition facts for this board are not accurate because the nutrition will be based on exactly how much someone eats, what they choose, and what specific ingredients you add to the board.
Tip! Don’t make this board until close to when you’re planning to serve it. This board is a hard one to put back in the fridge without ruining the look of it, especially with the hummus in the center.
Luckily, it’s pretty easy to make if you follow my instructions so I recommend just taking 15 minutes to put it together right before serving.
If you do need to make it ahead of time and serve it later, I recommend wrapping it tightly in plastic wrap and placing flat into the refrigerator until you’re ready to serve. It’ll give you the best shot of everything not getting totally discombobulated!
Feel free to substitute any of the ingredients on the board with your favorites!
Nutrition
Calories: 5kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 0.1g | Fat: 0.01g | Saturated Fat: 0.002g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.003g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.003g | Potassium: 20mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 25IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 0.01mg