slow roast grapes and garlic for your cheese board

Need a cheeseboard of dreams? This slow roast grapes and garlic cheese platter is perfectly balanced with sweet and saltiness. It also looks beautiful and is perfect to plonk on the table at the end of a meal, giving people something to nibble as the conversation deepens and the wine glasses continue to be topped up.

In France cheese would be served before dessert but I prefer to have it after, giving everyone something to pick at and linger over. Or you can take the American approach (one that I do increasingly) and serve this as a welcome platter for people to pick at when they arrive for dinner.

Choose your cheese

This recipe is designed to balance and compliment good cheese. Hunt out a good local honey and some un-pasteurised cheese at a farm shop if you can. If not, most supermarkets sell a good range of goat’s cheese. You can also buy a washed rind squishy cow’s milk cheese.