How to Make the Best ALDI Charcuterie Board

If you know me, you know I love making a charcuterie board for any occasion. So, I'm sharing all my tips for making the BEST ALDI charcuterie board!

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• If you know me, you know I love a good DIY charcuterie board
• Is ALDI cheese good quality?
• Here's what I used for this charcuterie board from ALDI.
• How to make an ALDI charcuterie board
• Favorite products for cheap ALDI charcuterie board?
• Tips for making an epic charcuterie board.
• Amazon finds
• Pin it for later!
• Here's the moment you've been waiting for... your ULTIMATE ALDI charcuterie grocery list!
• Want some more charcuterie board inspiration?
• ALDI Charcuterie Board

If you know me, you know I love a good DIY charcuterie board

An appetizer where no cooking is required? Yes, please.

Charcuterie boards are the best if you're looking to create a showstopping appetizer that requires no cooking, just assembling!

Take advantage of in-season produce!

I love using in-season produce and various seasonal finds to add variety to each charcuterie board I make.

Let your creativity shine!

If you're like me, you love any chance to be creative. Let your creative side shine when you make a DIY charcuterie board.

You can put a little bit of everything on there for your guests.

I'm always so timid to make food for a crowd because I'm not sure about the group's preferences. With an ALDI charcuterie board, there's a little bit of something for everyone on there.

Is ALDI cheese good quality?

Uhhhh YES! ALDI has a handful of various ALDI brands, so you can get quality cheese at such a good price.

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Here's what I used for this charcuterie board from ALDI.

• Emporium Selection Brie Cheese
• Emporium Selection Goat Cheese - honey flavored
• Emporium Selection Four Year Aged Cheddar Cheeese
• Appleton Farms Deli Selection - pepper salami, hot capocollo and hot calabrese
• Spinach and Aritchoke Tzatziki
• Apricot Preserves
• Garlic Stuffed Olives
• Original Crisp Crackers
• Various fruits and veggies that I bought at ALDI and also had on hand

How to make an ALDI charcuterie board

Once you get a groove of how to make charcuterie boards, it's so easy and borderline robotic. Like an assembly line, you'll be whipping up stunning boards in no time. Here's my method behind the madness.

1. Find your go-to charcuterie board.

What I mean by that is to find your literal board. I like having 2 go-to boards, one small board and one larger board. If you're looking to create a HUUUUUUGE spread, you can lay down parchment paper over a counter or table.

2. Place your cheeses on your board.

I typically use square boards so I like placing cheeses in the corners. If you use a circle board, you can still place the cheeses on the outskirts of the circle and place them diagonally across from one another.

3. Place your meats down.

Now, I don't place all the meat down at once. I like to put down different cuts next to cheeses they'd pair well with. For example, I put some hot capocollo next to the honey goat cheese. The hot with the honey made for a killer combo. So, place a few slices of meat next to or nearby each one of your cheeses.

4. Add in anything that’s going to be held in a container, like jelly, olives or dips.

This is when I place anything in a container. Dips, olives, jams/jellies, or other spreads like tapenade. Similar to the meats, I like to place each thing next to a cheese where it would make sense to pair it with. For example, I placed the apricot preserves next to the brie cheese. You could also place it next to the cheddar cheese, too.

5. Time to "color" as I call it... add in your fresh produce!

Take all your produce and start to fill in your board to add vibrancy and really make it pop! I like taking advantage of in-season produce, or cucumbers and peppers are always a great go-to veggie option.

6. Add in your crackers, or your "vehicles" as some people call it.

I am personally ok with not making too much room for the crackers, mainly because I want to ensure I have enough room for all the goodies. If you need to, keep crackers on a plate nearby!

7. Finish filling in any blank spots with nuts, dried-fruit or anything else you'd like to add.

You want your board FULL and that means borderline no blank spaces. Nuts, dried fruit or any small produce like blueberries make for the perfect space fillers.

Favorite products for cheap ALDI charcuterie board?

You can make an incredibly fancy ALDI charcuterie board for under $25 EASILY. If you're looking for cheap ALDI charcuterie board products, here are some products you can focus on.

• Happy Farms - this is their shredded cheese and cheese blocks. If you want an affordable cheese block, like this mild cheddar cheese, look for those products.
• Appleton Farms - their proscuitto and gourmet deli selection are normally a pretty decent price for quality deli meat.
• Assorted Brands Lunch Meat - if you want more affordable charcuterie meat options from ALDI, look to their lunch meat selection!

As for the remainder of necessities, they have ample olive, jams, cracker and dip options. Just keep an eye out for the prices, and you've got yourself a cheap ALDI charcuterie board.

Tips for making an epic charcuterie board.

• Play "clean out the fridge" - if you're looking to add lots of variety to your board, clean out your fridge and pantry to get an array of snacks and produce on your board.
• Take advantage of in-season products/produce - in-season produce is typically always on sale, if you're looking to save some money making a charcuterie board, but there are typically other fun seasonal product. For example, ALDI has this cranberry white cheddar released around the holidays and it is one of my favorites!
• Save little glass jars/containers - you can repurpose them to hold items like olives, jams, toothpicks or anything else! ALDI sometimes has products that come in glass containers and I always save them.
• 1 soft, 1 hard, 1 flavor - is what I typically abide by when choosing cheeses. However, I don't swear by that when deciding what ALDI cheeses to put on my board. A soft cheese would be like a brie cheese or goat cheeese, a hard cheese could be an aged cheddar or asiago and a flavor cheese could be something like a blue cheese or a flavored cheese like honey goat cheese, dill havarti, etc.

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You'll need a charcuterie board, this is a classic board that you can use all year long, or you can get this board with all the bells and whistles.

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Here's the moment you've been waiting for... your ULTIMATE ALDI charcuterie grocery list!

Now, this list is meant to serve as an outline or a guide. There are so many options at ALDI, it could get overwhelming! For example, I didn't list out the 5+ varieties of cashews that they have, but I will say the chili lime cashews are unreal.

Want some more charcuterie board inspiration?

• Trader Joe's Charcuterie Board
• Fall Charcuterie Board
• Charcuterie Board for Two
• Summer Charcuterie Board

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