Wisconsin Cheese Flower Bouquets
Wisconsin Cheese
Photo by Wisconsin Cheese
- Serves
- 3-4 Large Vases
- Prep Time
- 1 Hour
This unique (and tasty) DIY trend is perfect for Mother’s Day brunch centerpieces and gifting! With award-winning Wisconsin cheese, these flowers are sure to taste even better than they look.
Whether they’re nestled into a cheese board, popped into vases, or gifted, cheese roses are an elegant way to enjoy the best thing of all: cheese. Make Mom feel extra special this Mother’s Day, the Wisconsin Cheese way! For more recipes like this, head to wisconsincheese.com.
Ingredients
- Henning's Mild Cheddar cheese
- BelGioioso Fontina cheese
- Wakker Creamy Young Gouda cheese (aged 2-4 months)
- Cedar Grove Havarti cheese
- Renards' Mozzarella cheese
- Thinly sliced prosciutto
- Thinly sliced salami
- Radishes, thinly sliced
- Watermelon radishes, thinly sliced
- BelGioioso Fresh Mozzarella cheese – Pearls, drained
- Whole Sweety Drop miniature peppers, drained or chopped sweet red bell pepper
- Toothpicks
- Disposable bamboo wood cones, paper cones or double-thickness parchment paper, shaped into cones
- Salted roasted cashews
- Mixed nuts
- Italian breadsticks
- Pickled asparagus spears
- Fresh sage leaves
- Fresh thyme sprigs
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Directions
- Step 1
Thinly slice blocks of cheddar, fontina, gouda, havarti and mozzarella to 1/8-inch thickness. View post for how to make cheese flowers.
- Step 2
Roll cheeses, charcuterie and radishes into flowers. Thread fresh mozzarella pearls and miniature peppers on toothpicks.
- Step 3
Place two to three flowers in each cone. Arrange cones in vases filled with nuts. Fill in bouquets with fresh mozzarella picks, breadsticks and asparagus. Garnish with sage and thyme.