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Wow your loved ones with this romantic Valentine’s Day Cheese Board.
To prepare it, mix two types of cream cheese with Parmesan, add a few other tasty ingredients, and in no time, you’ll have the base of your cheese ball, ready to be heart-shaped.
Top it with pomegranate arils to add sweetness to the sharp cheese flavors. The final touch is the cute “BE MINE” letters made from cucumbers.
Make this platter for your Valentine (especially if they are the cheese-loving kind), or enjoy it with friends at Galentine’s.
You can even add the cheese ball to a Valentine’s Day charcuterie board, topped with all your favorite cured meats, veggies, fruits, nuts, and some heart-shaped chocolates for good measure. Enjoy!
Valentine’s Day Cheese Board Ingredients
Please be sure to scroll down to the recipe card below for the complete details!
- Cream cheese: I use one plain and one herb-flavored.
- Parmesan: Adds flavor and texture to the cheese ball, while making it easier to shape.
- Onion powder: For onion flavor. You can omit.
- Worcestershire sauce: Adds savory umami.
- Fresh parsley: Bright, peppery taste.
- Pomegranate: The seeds create the most beautiful jewel-like cheese ball, and balances the savory cheese.
- Cucumber: An English or Persian cucumber pairs well with the cheese. Use it to shape the striking letters and outline the cheese ball.
Recipe Tip
The cheese ball is also great for anniversaries or birthdays, just omit the letters or write a different message. Enjoy!
How to Make a Valentine’s Day Cheese Board
- Make the cheese ball and prepare the ingredients: Mix the cream cheeses, grated Parmesan, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, and chopped parsley. Deseed the pomegranate, slice the cucumber, and cut out the letters ‘Be Mine’.
- Shape the cheese: Wrap the cheese in plastic wrap and shape it into a heart. Place it in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- Arrange the cheese: Place the cheese heart on your serving platter and top with pomegranate seeds. Outline the heart with cucumber slices.
- Final touches: Place the cucumber letters on top of the heart and baguette pieces along the outer rim of the platter. Serve.
Note
You may want to season the cheese ball. I don’t, but do taste it before shaping to see if it might benefit from adding sea salt and pepper.
Possible Variations
- Parmesan: Add any hard cheese you like. Try cheddar, gruyere, manchego, etc, even blue cheese will work.
- Cream cheese: You can keep it plain, use only herby cream cheese, or opt for another flavor.
- Pomegranate: Swap for chopped dried cranberries or freeze-dried raspberries or strawberries (to keep it red).
- Add ins: Try fresh herbs, chopped bacon, caramelized onion, or sundried tomatoes.
- Baguette: Crackers, veg, slices of focaccia, breadsticks, etc.
How to Store Leftovers
Cover the cheese with plastic wrap and store it in the fridge.
FAQs
You don’t need to write ‘Be Mine’. The heart shape will still get the message across.
Not a problem! Simply omit the Be Mine letters, shape the cheese ball into a dome, and then top with pomegranate seeds.
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Valentine’s Day Cheese Board
Equipment
- platter
- plastic wrap
Ingredients
- 150 grams cream cheese, plain
- 150 grams cream cheese, herb and garlic
- 50 grams Parmesan, finely shredded
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 cucumber
- 1 pomegranate
Instructions
- Mix the two cream cheeses, the Parmesan, onion powder, Worcestershire sauce, and chopped parsley.
- Spoon the mixture into a piece of plastic wrap.
- Wrap the film around the cheese ball, keeping the sides open.
- Shape the cheese into a heart.
- Place the heart in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- Carefully tip the heart onto your serving platter.
- Top with pomegranate seeds. Start by framing the outline to keep the other seeds in place.
- Slice the cucumber.
- Arrange cucumber slices around the cheese ball.
- Cutout the words BE MINE with the alphabet cutters and place the words on top of the heart.
- Serve with baguette slices, crackers, veggies, or breadsticks.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
