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A Dessert Charcuterie Board is the perfect thing to make for a small, intimate gathering or a party of one. You can fix it to encompass a theme and make sure there is something for everyone. This post is meant to inspire creativity moreso than to be a guideline for how to assemble a dessert charcuterie board. 

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WHAT IS CHARCUTERIE?

Charcuterie is the art of preparing and assembling cured meats and meat products. Charcuterie is a branch of cooking involving prepared meats, such as ham, sausage, bacon, confit, or other pork products. The word is French and it translates to "pork-butcher shop." While the French translation refers to pork, modern charcuterie boards include other types of food like pate, cheese, crackers, fruit and nuts. Because this is America, we have taken this delicate French concept and turned it upside down and extended the boundaries of boards and what charcuterie actually means.

HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE CHARCUTERIE?

Charcuterie is pronounced "shahr-ku-tuh-ree"(char·cu·te·rie) /ˌSHärˈko͞odərē/  But you may have heard char-cutie, shar-cootie, shark coochie, jarcuterie — all fun ways to butcher and maim the pronunciation of this trendy food display. 

WHAT IS A DESSERT CHARCUTERIE BOARD?

Charcuterie boards have become so popular that people have taken the idea and run to the hills with it! Dessert charcuterie boards are arranged in the same smorgasbord style but with sweets treats instead of meats and cheese. I am a firm believer that you can have any type of board you wish, but in order to call it a charcuterie board, you have to have actual charcuterie on it. There is no such thing as a hot chocolate, candy, vegetable or pancake charcuterie board. Everything else is either crudité, a platter, a plain ol’ board or a lie.

HOW DO YOU ASSEMBLE A CHARCUTERIE BOARD?

Click the video below to watch me assemble the Dessert Charcuterie Board you see in the photos of this post.

I am not an expert, but I've taken a few online tutorial classes for fun during the pandemic to pick up that you should place bowls or cups down first and then you can fill in the rest. I used a pizza pan from Dollar Tree as my board and a mix of candy, fruit and homemade items for my charcuterie accompaniments. You can draw out your board design first or you can be like me and do trial and error until you get it right. Remember: You want a mix of colors, textures, flavors and designs for your board. I added fun paper straws as skewers as well as used swizzle sticks for fruit and cake skewers. The sky is the limit when you are assembling your own board.

Here is a list of everything I included on this board: 

• Blood oranges 
• Strawberries
• Blueberries
• Mandarin oranges
• Navel oranges
• Kumquats
• White chocolate chips
• Marshmallows
• Raisins
• Lemon Pound Cake
• Billionaire's Bacon
• Lime Curd

WHAT IS BILLIONAIRE'S BACON?

The Raw and The Cooked; Bacon

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Dessert Charcuterie Board

Yield: 12

Author: Nikki Miller-Ka of Nik Snacks

Ingredients

Billionaire's Bacon

• 1 pound thick-cut bacon (about 10-12 slices)
• 1/2 cup packed Dixie Crystals light or dark brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 Tbsp grape jelly

Lime Curd

• 1 cup Dixie Crystals granulated sugar
• ¼ cup butter
• ¾ cup fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon lime zest
• 2 eggs, beaten

Instructions

Billionaire's Bacon

1. Arrange the baking rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
2. Lay each bacon sheet on the prepared baking sheet and arrange close together in a single layer, making sure the slices do not overlap.
3. Sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over each slice of bacon. Repeat with the cayenne pepper,
4. Bake for 15-20 minutes and bake until the bacon is deeply caramelized, and the fat is rendered.
5. Remove the bacon from the oven, pour off the melted bacon fat. Brush each bacon slice with the grape jelly. Set aside until the sugar sets slightly, about 1 minute. Cool for 5 minutes before serving. Use tongs to transfer the slices to a clean plate.

Lime Curd

1. Place the sugar, butter, lime juice, lime zest in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir until butter melts. Mix 2 tablespoons hot lime mixture into the blended eggs and stir to blend.
2. Reduce heat to medium and slowly whisk egg mixture into the lime mixture. Continue whisking until lime mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon.
3. Strain the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a small bowl, pushing it through with a rubber spatula. Press plastic wrap directly onto the surface to prevent a skin from forming; let cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate until completely set, at least 4 hours and up to 5 days.

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