Cheese Board with Edible Flowers

Try edible flowers on your next cheese board. Select a variety of hard and soft cheeses to accompany flowers from your garden or the farmers market. Or try these suggestions from Oh Mamma’s on the Avenue Gourmet Cheese Shop & Deli in South Bend.

June 01, 2014

Ingredients

Cheese Board 1

Blue Stilton, Stichelton or cherry Wensleydale
lavender
English daisies
yarrow

Cheese Board 2

Humboldt Fog
basil flowers
lilacs
fresh blueberries

Cheese Board 3

J2K Capraio Frosty Echo soft ripened goat cheese (made by Oh Mamma’s Cheese Shop)
peach or eggplant blossoms
purple coneflower or rose petals

Instructions

Cheese Board Option 1

Blue Stilton, Stichelton or cherry Wensleydale with lavender, English daisies and yarrow.

Cheese Board Option 2

Humboldt Fog with basil flowers, lilacs and fresh blueberries.

Cheese Board Option 3

J2K Capraio Frosty Echo soft ripened goat cheese (made by Oh Mamma’s Cheese Shop) with peach or eggplant blossoms and purple coneflower or rose petals.

Visit Oh Mamma's on the Avenue Gourmet Cheese Shop & Deli at 1212 Beyer Ave in South Bend.

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