15 minutes is all you need to make an impressive Mediterranean Charcuterie board! The perfect addition for fun get togethers that is full of all your favorite mezze including stuffed grape leaves, an assortment of dips, briny olives and fried halloumi cheese. There's a delightful pairing for everyone to mix, match and enjoy!
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🍋 What is Mezze?
Get your friends together because we are making a colorful and vibrant Mediterranean charcuterie board full of all sorts of different mezze!
Mezze is an assortment of small plates that are served all throughout the Mediterranean and are meant to be shared, paired and enjoyed leisurely.
You could enjoy the Mediterranean cheese board as a snack or on its own as a main course or at the start of a Mediterranean feast with lamb shawarma or grilled chicken shawarma. Another fun Mediterranean mezze is this colorful falafel platter!
With a well stocked Pantry this Mediterranean Charcuterie Board is a snap to put together. My How to Eat Well with a Full Stocked Pantry post will have your kitchen in better shape quickly.
📋 Ingredients
There is no right or wrong mezze to add to your Mediterranean mezze board. Have fun with the additions and use what you have available.
- Cheese: I highly recommend finding some halloumi cheese. Halloumi is a cheese from Cyprus that holds up to grilling and frying without melting. Feta cheese is a classic but I do suggest looking for a block of feta that is packed in brine, which will creamy and overall be better quality.
- Olives: Castelvetrano olives are some of my favorite because they are mild and buttery. Kalamata olives are brinier and fantastic on Greek salad skewers.
- Dips: Have fun with all the dips! Classic hummus, roasted beet hummus, Lebanese baba ganoush, lemony tzatziki and for a spicy kick, add some zhug sauce.
- Stuffed Grape Leaves: You can often find stuffed grape leaves canned at most grocery stores but if you feel inclined to make your own, check out my vegetarian stuffed grape leaves with rice or my mom's meat and rice stuffed grape leaves.
- Salad Skewers: Inspired by the salty and fresh flavors of a Greek salad, these Greek salad skewers are simply made with cubed feta, olive, cherry tomato and cucumber.
- Fruits and Vegetables: When it comes to fruits and vegetables, use what is available to you. Such as grilled artichoke hearts, Turkish sumac onions, baby bell peppers, fresh grapes or dried apricots and dates.
- Pita Bread: Make homemade pita chips in 15 minutes with store bought pita bread. Sprinkle some za'atar and drizzle of olive oil on the pita bread for even more flavor. Or if you feel extra ambitious, make homemade pita bread from scratch.
See recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
⏲️ Instructions
Step 1: Fry the sliced halloumi in hot skillet until golden brown on both sides, about 2-3 minutes per side. Then set aside.
Step 2: Make the Greek salad skewers. Skewer a cherry tomato, cube of feta cheese, chunk of cucumber and Kalamata olive onto a cocktail skewer. Drizzle the salad skewer with olive oil and sprinkle with dried oregano.
Step 3: Arrange the bowls onto the platter, spacing them out evenly.
Step 4: Fill in the larger areas of the mezze platter with larger items, such as pita bread, stuffed grape leaves, salami, fried halloumi and Greek salad skewers.
Step 5: Fill in any remaining openings with smaller mezze, such as olives and fresh fruit.
📍 Recipe Tips
- When arranging any kind of charcuterie platter, start by placing the larger items on the latter first then fill in the space with the smaller items.
- Fill the Mediterranean mezze board up and fill in all of the gaps so the mezze board looks full and abundant.
- Add mezze that work well by mixing and matching together.
- If serving whole olives or fruit with pits, have a small empty bowl so guests can discard the pit or stems into.
🫒 Mezze Board Pairing Suggestions
- Dip the stuffed grape leaves into lemony tzatziki.
- Layer pita bread with fried halloumi cheese and top with pickled sumac onions.
- Spread creamy hummus on pita bread and top with spicy harissa sauce or herby zhug sauce.
- Take a bite of smoky baba ganoush with Turkish sumac onions.
Recipe FAQs
Have an assortment of cheeses, vegetables and fruits. Make the charcuterie board easy to eat from and have an empty bowl for any pits or stems.
Average about 2 ounces of each cheese per person.
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Mediterranean Charcuterie Board
LittleFerraroKitchen.com
Ingredients
Greek Salad Skewers
- ½ pint cherry tomatoes
- 1 Persian cucumber cut into ¼ inch cubes
- 4 ounces feta cheese cut into ½ inch cubes
- ½ cup pitted Kalamata olives
- Olive oil for drizzling
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
Fried Halloumi
- ½ pound halloumi cheese sliced into ¼ inch thick slices
- 2 teaspoons olive oil for frying
Dips
- 1 cup Creamy hummus
- 1 cup baba ganoush
- ½ cup Tzatziki
- ¼ cup Harissa
- ¼ cup Zhoug
Other Mezze
- 10-12 Vegetarian stuffed grape leaves
- 1 cup Castelvetrano Olives
- ¼ pound Sliced salami
- Pita bread or pita chips
Fruit and Vegetables
- Grapes
- Grilled artichoke hearts
- Lemon wedges
- ½ cup Turkish sumac onions
Instructions
Make the Greek Salad Skewers
- Using small cocktail skewers, thread a cherry tomato, cubed feta, cucumber and Kalamata olive at the end. Continue skewering until all of the toothpicks are used up.
- Drizzle olive oil onto the salad skewers and sprinkle with dried oregano.
Fry the Halloumi
- Pre-heat a small skillet to medium heat and drizzle with olive oil. Pat the halloumi slices dry well with paper towels and fry the halloumi in the hot pan until golden brown on both sides, about 2-3 minuets per side.
- Once done, remove from the skillet and set aside.
Assemble the Mediterranean Charcuterie Board
- Spoon all of the dips into small bowls.
- Cut the pita bread into triangles or if using pita chips, break up into large pieces.
- Arrange the bowls on a large platter or board and fill in the larger areas with larger mezze,, such as the Greek salad skewers, halloumi cheese, sliced salami and pita bread.
- Fill in the remaining gaps with the smaller mezze, such as the fresh fruit, grilled artichoke hearts, Sumac onions and lemon wedges.
Notes
- When arranging any kind of charcuterie platter, start by placing the larger items on the latter first then fill in the space with the smaller items.
- Fill the Mediterranean charcuterie board up and fill in all of the gaps so the mezze board looks full and abundant.
- Add mezze that work well by mixing and matching together.
- If serving whole olives or fruit with pits, have a small empty bowl so guests can discard the pit or stems into.
Luv2cook says
Samantha is right when she says, "Get your friends together because we are making a colorful and vibrant Mediterranean charcuterie board full of all sorts of different mezze"! I got my bridge team a treat this week when they arrived I had this "Mezze" tray ready when they arrived. I found the Grape leaves at a Mediterranean market near the house and they were Wonderful. I might follow the recipe for Grape Leave that Samantha has on her site.
Skylar says
This cheese board was easier to make than it looks. We wanted to impress the new neighbors so We picked up most of the ingredients. The Halloumi cheese was difficult to find until we realized its been sitting at the store right by the Mozzarella the whole time. The Castelvetrano Olives were new to us and wow, they are like butter. Thank you for the ideas tat we find on your recipe's. Sky.