Texas-Style Charcuturie Chalet

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American, Fusion

Prep Time: 45

Total Time: 45

Servings: people

Calories: 340kcal

Author: Jazzmine Woodard

A Texas twist on the trendy charcuterie chalet display with a queso pool in the backyard!

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Equipment

Ramekin
Circular cheese board or cake plate
Butter knife
Kitchen knife

Ingredients

7 sheets crispbread
8 ounces fresh broccoli florets
16 ounces cream cheese spread
5 red and green tortilla chips crushed
8 fresh rosemary stalks
4 cheddar jack cheese slices
8 waffle cut pretzels
16 ounces deli meat of your choosing
12 ounces queso
6 pecan halves

Instructions

You'll need four pieces of crispbread for the walls of the charcuterie chalet. Place them around the crispbread and cream cheese base. To make yours look like my Texas-style charcuterie chalet, the front and rear walls should be laid long side-down and the side walls should be short-side down. Secure the corners where each of the walls meet with lots of cream cheese and press them gently together and against the interior stack of crispbread.
To make the roof, spread cream cheese on two more pieces of crispbread. Then arrange the cheese slices on each piece in opposite directions to form a shingle pattern. Set them aside.
Cut another piece of crispbread in half to make the two triangle pieces that will bridge the gap between the front walls and the roof. Secure them to the front walls with--you guessed it--more cream cheese. Line the top edges of the triangle pieces and side walls with cream cheese to prep them for the roof.
Attach windows and doors to the walls using more cream cheese and, if you like, shape a stalk of rosemary into a wreath and secure it to front door with even more cream cheese.
Fill a ramekin with queso and place it in the "backyard" then surround it with folded deli meat.To make the walkway or front porch, fold another piece of deli meat and place it front of the door then lay four pecan halves on top of it.
To create the lawn, trim your broccoli florets, as necessary, to ensure the "greenery" sits flat to give you that grass look. Place it all around the house.Stick the woody ends of rosemary stalks into the tops of a few broccoli florets to create your pine trees.
I recommend placing the roof on last because it's relatively heavy due to the cheese slice shingles. If the roof seems a little shaky, add more crispbread or another filler ingredient to the top of your crispbread stack to help support the roof then try placing it again.
Spread cream cheese between the two roof pieces and into the spaces where the roof meets each wall. Once the roof is in position, adorn the trim of the house with crushed red and green tortilla chips to mimic the appearance of Christmas lights. And that's it. You're done!

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