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This fun Spooky Charcuterie Board is a showstopping platter and perfect for your next Halloween party!

A playful Vampire portrait on a wooden board, using mozzarella balls for hair, ham for the face, blanched almonds for the fangs, cucumber and mozzarella for the body, and cherry tomatoes for the jacket.
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Serve it with fresh basil leaves (tuck some into the vampire’s shirt) and my easy focaccia for a delicious appetizer or snack board. Feel free to use the blank space on your board to add more of everything!

A Vampire face made from ham, mozzarella balls, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, and cheese is arranged on a wooden board. Surrounding it is small plastic spiders and string lights.

Place some cocktail sticks on the side and let your guests make their own skewers, topping them with extra-virgin olive oil, balsamic glaze, and flaky sea salt.

Recipe Tip

If you want to make the vampire scary, turn his smile into a frown and make cucumber peel eyebrows slant upwards!

Prepare this Halloween board a few hours ahead of time and keep it covered in the fridge.

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A playful food art portrait of a Vampire on a wooden board, using mozzarella balls for hair, ham for the face, cucumber and mozzarella for the body. His red jacket is made of cherry tomatoes.
Servings: 6 people

Spooky Charcuterie Board

This fun vampire board is made with cheese, cured meat, veggies, and nuts. He's sure to turn heads.
Prep: 30 minutes
Cook: 0 minutes
Total: 30 minutes
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Equipment

Ingredients 

  • 2 slices ham
  • 200 grams bocconcini, mozzarella balls
  • 200 grams cherry tomatoes, or grape tomatoes
  • 1 cucumber
  • 1 fresh mozzarella
  • 2 almonds

Instructions 

  • Place the 2 slices of ham overlapping in the middle of a platter or chopping board.
  • Use bocconcini to make the hair.
  • Put the almonds in a small heat-proof bowl and pour boiling water over them for 3-4 minutes until the peel comes off easily. Be careful not to burn yourself.
  • Slice the cucumber peel to make the jacket trim.
  • Use the small round cutter to make the cucumber peel pupils and the metal straw to make the three green cucumber peel buttons.
  • Trim a long, thin slice of cucumber peel into a nose and mouth.
  • Slice the mozzarella and trim two rectangles for the collar.
  • Use the medium cookie cutter to make the round shirt details and the eyes.
  • Assemble the vampire (it may help to halve the tomatoes so they don’t roll around).
  • Serve.

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Nutrition

Calories: 120kcal, Carbohydrates: 2g, Protein: 9g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 18mg, Sodium: 140mg, Potassium: 170mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin A: 200IU, Vitamin C: 9mg, Calcium: 132mg, Iron: 0.4mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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