The Breakfast in Bed Cheese Board

Biscuits, bacon, and creamy cheese selections

Serve up a sweet and simple brunch platter with this spread that’s packed with all your breakfast essentials. Perfect with a mimosa or a mug of coffee, this selection of three cheeses is accompanied by a hearty helping of smoked bacon, homemade biscuits, chocolate covered almonds, and tons of fresh fruit. For cheese, we’ve created a balance of sweet and savory flavors with Vermont Creamery Bijou, a button that’s bursting with notes of fresh cream, and Alp Blossom, a floral Austrian cheese that’s got an essence of bone broth. Combined with our recipe for buttermilk biscuits made with oniony Cotswold and chives and a side of classic cream cheese, this cheese board is the ultimate way to start your day.

Prep Time : 45 min
Assembly Time : 15 min.
Total Time : 1 hour
Serves: 4

Components

CHEESE
½ lb. Alp Blossom
2 ea. Vermont Creamery Bijou, 4 oz.
1 ea. Champlain Valley Organic Cream Cheese, 10 oz.

ACCOMPANIMENTS
1 ea. Rustic Bakery Meyer Lemon Shortbread, 4 oz.
1 ea. Quicos de Chocolate®, 8 oz.
1 ea. Murray's Heirloom Apple Butter, 9.6 oz.
GTBM Cotswold Cheddar and Chive Biscuits

MEAT
1 ea. Benton's Smoked Bacon, 16 oz.

GARNISH
Strawberries
Blackberries

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SHOP INGREDIENTS & PAIRINGS BELOW

Prep

Bake the biscuits according to Murray’s Great Taste recipe for Cotswold Cheddar and Chive Biscuits.
Cook the bacon.

Assembly

On a round board, place two empty jars at the top and bottom of the left side of the board.
At the two o’clock position on the board, place a wedge of Alp Blossom pointing inwards. About an inch or two below and to the left, place two Bijou cheeses. Then, make a pile of cooked bacon in the top center region of the board.
Create a shingled line of shortbread cookies along the edge of the board stretching from the Alp Blossom to the bottom jar.
Make a pile of Quicos de Chocolate® in the center of the board, allowing them to touch the cheeses and bacon.
Between the two jars, create a neat pile of biscuits. Fill the top jar with Champlain Valley Organic Cream Cheese.
Fill the bottom jar with Murray’s Heirloom Apple Butter, and fill the remaining space on the board with fresh blackberries and strawberries, or a fruit garnish of your choice.