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Author: Sorrenteaux Serves: 4-6 Celebrate Spring with Comté cheese! This grazing board is filled with lots of green goodness, including Granny Smith apples, d’anjou and comice pears, kiwis and kiwi berries, green grapes, juicy limes, garden fresh kale and mint, and a bed of baby spinach.

Author: Dimitria Hare-Michael at @grateboards St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner and I love the brightness and fresh feeling of these St. Patty’s Day boards. What better way to celebrate the holiday and the arrival of spring than with Comté? This festive Irish flag themed board stars Comté, a delicious French cow’s milk cheese paired with green grapes, two different types of Marcona almonds, dried apricots, green apples, artisan crackers, other cheeses (such as Mimolette, herbed brie, sharp and white cheddar), cornichons, Castelvetrano olives, habanero jelly and vanilla shamrock shortbread cookies.  

Author: @CuppasAndCurds Serves: 2-4 There’s still time to have a little winter fun with this Comté Charcuterie Chalet. The chalet is made with bricks of Comté and roofed with buckwheat crackers. There’s a bacon pathway edged by radishes, a salami wood pile in the back, and plenty of brussels sprouts bushes. Chopped walnuts provide a little ground cover, and no chalet would be complete without some carrot skis standing at the ready. Finished with a flurry of grated Comté snow, this chalet scene is a winter wonderland of its own.

Author: Sorrenteaux Serves: 4-6 Love is in the air with this Sweetheart Grazing Board. Comté is accompanied by French blue and brie cheeses, and will be sure to win over your Valentine with this lush and romantic feast. Accompanied by fresh figs and berries, juicy grapes and pomegranate clusters, cornichons, artisan crisps and crackers, coppa and salami roses, organic honey and raspberry-champagne jam, marcona almonds and pistachios, and finished with delicate berry and vanilla macarons. Nothing says "I Love You" more than roses, kisses, and Comté.

From Jessica Lawrenz at @mongermoldandmilk

The love of Comté inspired this Valentine’s Day Board. Featuring pink and blush accents this banquet mingles delicate heart-shaped Comté pieces, dried cranberries, gooseberries, dried pears, hidden rose apple slices and mini pears. Along with rosebud shaped salumi, colorful radishes, pistachios, figs, chocolate covered almonds, meringue bites, fruit and nut crackers. A little bit of everything to fill your hearts with love… and your bellies too.

From Jessica Lawrenz at @mongermoldandmilk

This dashing holiday Comté wreath revels in good tidings and cheer! With a traditional mix of spices and flavors, it will definitely delight Santa or Scrooge. Loads of fresh Comté complimented by figs, elderberries and dried cranberries. Accented by cinnamon sticks, gingerbread cookies, fresh sage, bay leaves, marjoram and, of course, firesticks!

Comté Christmas Cheese Board   Author: Cured and Cultivated www.curedandcultivated.com @curedandcultivated Serves: Up to 12 Print   Ingredients Cheeses: 8 oz Comté aged 8 months 8 oz Comté aged 24 months 8 oz Comté aged 36 months 1 (7 oz) Dorothy’s Comeback Brie 1 (4 oz) Marin French Triple Cream Brie 1 (0.9 oz) Ile de France Petite Brie Cured meats: 4 oz Prosciutto, thinly sliced 4 oz Sweet Coppa, thinly sliced 4 oz Toscano salami, sliced in rounds Accompaniments: ¼ cup Castelvetrano olives ¼ cup fig jam Heaping handful of walnuts Fig & Olive Crisps (Trader Joe’s) crackers ¾ baguette, sliced Garnishes: Sugared cranberries (see recipe below) 2 cups...

Comté & Cocktail Cheese Board   Author: Madame Fromage Print   Madame Fromage (@mmefromage), a cheese educator and author of three cocktail books, shows you how to host a Comté tasting with a special drink. Her pairing involves a historic Alabazam cocktail featuring Armagnac, France’s oldest distilled spirit. The flavor notes in the drink pair beautifully with the nutty, caramel notes in Comté. The three ages of Comté paired here are: 4 months, 12 months and 24 months. Alabazam Cocktail This bitters-forward cocktail can be traced back to the Criterion Bar in London, the spot where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first imagined Sherlock Holmes. The recipe originally...

  Holiday Cheese Board   Author: Laura Nelling @cheeseboardandchill Print   Laura of Cheeseboard and Chill loves entertaining friends and family while sharing a delicious and beautiful cheeseboard together, especially around the holidays. She uses little touches to elevate her board like garnishing with sprigs of rosemary or other fresh herbs, and made this holiday board extra special by using mini cookie cutters to make fun shapes with the cheese. Building and eating the board together is an activity the whole family can enjoy! Ingredients 1-2 Wedges of Comté (portion 4-5 ounces/cheese per guest), sliced 2 Types of charcuterie meats (portion 4-5 ounces/meat per...

Author: Jessica Lawrenz at @mongermoldandmilk

What a sophisticated and elegant way to ring in the season  – a darling Comté winter wreath, complete with figs, elderberries, pear, dried cranberries, with accents of bay leaves, marjoram, sage and fresh hibiscus leaves.