Wine And Cheese Checkerboards
From jo_jo_ba 16 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 16
While cleaning out our pantry, I came across about 3 boxes of grape Jell-o! I started thinking about how many different forms grapes and wine can take, and how to pair them with cheese on the same plate. I thought this was a cute, vegetarian tasteful treat! Read more Substitute 2 tbsp unflavoured gelatine for the agar if you are not vegetarian. See less
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp agar-agar powder (or 6 tbsp agar-agar flakes) shopping list
- ¼ c. cold water shopping list
- Zest of ¼ lemon shopping list
- 3 c. slightly sweet, fruity red wine, chilled shopping list
- ¼ cup sugar shopping list
- 8 oz Morbier or Oka cheese, cubed into 32 pieces shopping list
How to make it
- Dissolve agar-agar in cold water, lemon zest and wine.
- Bring to a low boil, and dissolve sugar.
- Remove from heat and pour into a shallow dish to about ½ - ¾” depth.
- Chill until set.
- When gel is fully firm, cut 32 cubes roughly the size of the cheese cubes.
- Plate cheese and gel cubes in the design of a checkerboard and serve with fresh fruit.
- Alternately, plate checkerboards on crackers or thin slices of pound cake!
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