Christmas tree cheese platter recipe

Serves:

Ingredients

• 150g cheddar cheese
• 150g feta cheese
• 150g Red Leicester cheese
• 150g gouda
• 200g green olives
• 200g black olives
• 1/2 250g punnet grape tomatoes
• 1/4 125g punnet snow pea sprouts
• assorted crackers

Method

Step 1
Cut cheese into 1cm cubes. Drain olives.

Step 2
On a large platter or wooden chopping board, arrange cheddar cheese in a thick strip.

Step 3
Arrange green olives in a thick strip across the top of the cheese.

Step 4
Continue layering cheese, olives and tomatoes to create a large triangular tree shape, topping it with a tomato.

Step 5
Place a bunch of snow pea sprouts at the base of the triangle to form a trunk.

Step 6
Place crackers nearby and serve.

Related Christmas recipes:

• Christmas-style coleslaw
• Christmas burgers with the lot
• Easy Christmas turkey
• Simple Christmas terrine
• Glazed baked ham
• Cranberry, prosciutto and pistacho stuffing
• Christmas tree biscuits
• Christmas pastry wreaths
• Sneaky mini Christmas puddings
• Easy Christmas pudding ice-cream
• Christmas cookies
• Christmas cupcakes with butter frosting
• Boiled Christmas pudding with brandy custard
• Mars Bar Christmas crackles
• Christmas fruit platter
• Christmas gingerbread families
• Light Christmas cake
• Easy Christmas jellies
• Spiced Christmas muffins
• Traditional panforte
• White Christmas crackles
• White Christmas slice

Serving Suggestions

Note

• You could use any firm cheese you like, but select a variety of flavours and colours.
• As an alternative to olives, you could layer the cheese with dried fruit, chargrilled vegetables or cured meats.
• Recipe by Greer Worsley, who blogs at Typically Red.