Name: American Flag Cheese Tray
Prep time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: Blueberries; Blueberry Chèvre Fresh Goat Cheese; Semi-Soft Fontina; White Cheddar Cracker Cuts; Dried Montmorency Cherries; Dried Cranberries; Coconut Cashews; Mini Pearl Grape Tomatoes; Savory Thin Mini Crackers; Strawberries; Manchego Cheese; Baby Swiss Cheese; Red Pepper Slices; Blue Cheese; Calabrese Salame; Uncured Applewood Smoked Salami; Unexpected White Cheddar Cheese; Three Seed Beet Crackers; Truffle Marcona Almonds; Marcona Almonds; Raspberries

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This American Flag Cheese Tray is such a cute and clever way to serve snacks on the 4th of July, Memorial Day and Labor Day!

How ‘Last-Minute’ Becomes a Family Fave

I put together this American Flag Cheese Tray as a last-minute 4th of July snack lunch and it was such a huge hit with my family! We all oohed and aahed over it as we gathered around to dig in to all the deliciousness.

It has been such a big hit over the years for patriotic holidays that a version definitely needed to be included in my Beautiful Boards cookbook. I just love seeing so many people, all over the country, recreating it to celebrate our great country.

Get the full ingredient list for this one in my Beautiful Boards cookbook!

13 Stripes, One Epic Cheese Tray

I created the flag shape with all red, white and blue foods. Red fruits, veggies, crackers and meat. White cheeses, nuts and crackers. Blueberries (and a blueberry covered cheese log on this edition) with white cheese cut into little stars with a mini star cutter. It all came together for one stunning patriotic platter!

I got everything from Trader Joe’s! Here’s a breakdown of all the goodies I used to create this epic cheese tray:

Blueberries
Blueberry Chèvre Fresh Goat Cheese
Semi-Soft Fontina, cut into little stars
Dried Pitted Tart Montmorency Cherries
Coconut Cashews
Mini Pearl Grape Tomatoes
Savory Thin Mini Crackers
Strawberries
Manchego Cheese
Red Pepper Slices
Blue Cheese
Calabrese Salame
Unexpected White Cheddar Cheese
Three Seed Beet Crackers
Truffle Marcona Almonds
Raspberries

Pick a Flag Tray!

I used an American Flag decorated serving tray that I got from Target a few years ago to easily create the flag design and I’m so sad to say that they don’t carry it anymore (please bring it back, Target!). No need to worry though, I searched around and found a few other great looking American Flag Trays you could use:

4th of July Party Large Patriotic Serving Tray from Amazon
Vintage Whitewashed Wood American Flag Rustic Wood Board from Amazon (cover with plastic wrap or coat with food safe oil before placing food directly on it)
Large Glass Red, White & Blue Flag Cutting Board from Amazon
American Flag Melamine Rectangular Tray from Kohl’s

Watch How it’s Made!

Here’s a breakdown of all the goodies I used to create this epic cheese tray:

3 cups blueberries
½ cup raspberries
10 strawberries, cut in half
1 red pepper, sliced into ½ inch strips
12 mini pearl grape tomatoes, cut in half
8 oz. Uncured Applewood Smoked Salami
1 log Blueberry Chèvre Fresh Goat Cheese
8 oz. baby Swiss cheese, cut into cubes
8 oz. Cheddar & Gruyere Mèlange Cheese
26 White Cheddar Cracker Cuts, divided
26 Mini Cheddar Stars, cut from 13 White Cheddar Cracker Cuts using a mini star cutter
45 Three Seed Beet Crackers
13 Sea Salt Pita Crackers
½ cup Coconut Cashews
½ cup Marcona Almonds
¼ cup dried pitted tart Montmorency cherries
½ cup ranch dressing, for serving
½ cup yogurt, for serving

It’s super easy and makes for a such a great patritoic display. Here’s to WOWing your crowd on the 4th of July, Memorial Day and Labor Day!

Enjoy!

xoxo,