Ingredients

• 1 lb cheese, see directions
• 1/4 lb olive, castelvetrano
• 1/4 lb hard salami, cubed
• 1/4 lb prosciutto, thinly sliced
• 1/8 lb dried apricot
• 2 -3 French baguettes, cubed
• kebab skewer

Instructions

1. First, choose your cheese. I suggest choosing between 2-4 kinds of cheese depending on how much variety you want on your skewer. Be sure you're also choosing cheeses that will hold up to being cut and skewered. My favorites for this are: your favorite cheddar, a simple brie that isn't too runny at room temp, a goat gouda, and a blue like fourme d'ambert. Cube all your cheese.

2. When getting ready to cube hard cheese (like cheddar or gouda), be sure to let it come to room temperature so it doesn't shatter when you try to slice it. Softer cheeses are ok to cut cold.

3. Get out your skewers, I like to use mid-sized or traditional kababs cut in half.

4. Now, layer your skewers with your cheese plate cubes. The pattern I use is: cheese, olive, bread, different cheese, salami,bread, cheese, olive prociutto, bread, apricot. This is to keep the cheeses from touching so you can enjoy them individually while always giving the eater a piece of bread next to a piece of cheese.

5. Feel free to have fun layering! Try this method with your favorite cheese plate staples for a fun picnic dish that will quickly become everyone's favorite.