St. Patrick's Day Charcuterie Board

This St. Patrick's Day Charcuterie Board features elements of a Reuben sandwich, alongside other Irish ingredients. Add this snack platter to your St. Patrick's Day menu, or skip the Guinness Stew and Colcannon and make it this your St. Patrick's Day dinner!

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Servings servings

Calories 225kcal

Author Meggan Hill

Ingredients

The meat, cheese, and spreads:

2 green bell peppers stemmed, seeded, and left whole for dill dip and salad dressing (optional, see note 1)
Dill Dip
Thousand Island salad dressing
spicy brown mustard or wholegrain mustard
sauerkraut
16 ounces deli corned beef or pastrami (see note 2)
16 ounces Irish cheese such as Kerrygold Cheddar or Dubliner, sliced (see note 3)

The fillers:

large soft pretzels
toasted baguette slices (see note 4)
green grapes
broccoli florets
cucumbers sliced
pickles

The garnishes:

fresh herbs or clovers

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Select a board, then set dips and and spreads around the board as anchor points (use small bowls or hollowed-out green bell peppers).
Fold or roll corned beef and place in clusters around the dips. Add sliced cheese in piles around meat.
Fill in the gaps with pretzels, crostini, fruit, and vegetables. Layer and overlap when needed; step back to view the board from afar to spot any slim spots. Garnish with herbs or clover and tuck in forks, spreaders, tongs, and other utensils where needed.

Notes

Green bell peppers: Trim off the stems and remove the seeds and ribs. Then these look like shamrocks and can act as bowls for the dips on your snack board.
Corned beef or pastrami: Ask for 1 pound of either at the deli counter to give a nod to the Reuben Sandwich. Prefer a Rachel? Snag 1 pound of turkey deli meat instead.
Irish cheese: Kerrygold Cheddar or Dubliner are commonly available and absolutely delicious. There are a wide variety of Irish Cheddar cheeses, goat cheeses, blue cheeses, and more made in Ireland. If you have a cheese shop in your town, ask the cheese monger for 16 ounces of Irish cheese that features a mix of their favorites.
Toasted baguette slices: To toast baguette slices, arrange slices from 1 in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Brush the slices evenly with 1/4 cup olive oil, then bake in a 350-degree oven until lightly toasted, or about 15 minutes.
Yield: My St. Patrick's Day Charcuterie Board makes enough for 4 large appetizer or small meal servings.
Storage: Store leftovers covered in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

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