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French-Style Marinated Cheese will dress up your cheese board, appetize your cocktail party, or be a cherished savory gift from your kitchen.
Today’s French-Style Marinated Cheese cubes recipe is a multi-tasker, and has you covered for the entire upcoming season, if you…
- are putting together a cheese board for an upcoming gathering
- need some substantial nibbles so the wine doesn’t go to your head too fast at your cocktail party
- want a light lunch or a protein snack mid-afternoon
- want to give out a savory homemade present for any gift-able occasion
And did I mention it takes all of 10 minutes, if that, to pull this together? 😀
Hey, I have an idea: How about giving a small jar of this marinated cheese to all your guests as they depart your dinner party? I guarantee you will have people begging to be on your invite list. If giving as a gift, you’ll have to make several batches, depending on the number of your guests.
We’re using Jarlsberg cheese in this today. Jarlsberg offers a slightly nutty, mild, utterly delicious taste, and is special enough to make every occasion a party.
If you say, “cheese?” I say, “Yes please!”
French-Style Marinated Cheese will dress up your cheese board, appetize your cocktail party, or be a cherished savory gift from your kitchen.
Ingredients
- 6 ounces Jarlsberg Original, Lite or Hickory Smoked Cheese
- 2 ounces black or green olives
- 1 small shallot
- 1 tablespoon fresh oregano or tarragon (or 1 teaspoon dried)
- 1 teaspoon green or black peppercorns
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme (or 1/2 teaspoon dried)
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 glass canning jar (a jar with a tight lid)
Directions
- Cut cheese into small cubes, thinly slice olives and shallots. Finely chop fresh oregano, crack the peppercorns, and finely mince thyme and garlic.
- To make marinade: Whisk vinegar with oil, oregano, peppercorns, thyme and garlic. Layer cheese, olives and shallots inside jar. Cover with marinade and seal with lid.
- Place jar in refrigerator to marinate 1 day. For best results, use within 3-4 days.
- To serve: Pour out into a bowl to place on your cheese board. Offer toothpicks for guests to spear cheese cubes and olives.
- If giving as a gift: Leave the lid on and tie a bright ribbon around the top of the jar. Hang a gift tag, and voila!
Notes
Recipe source: Chef George Duran, for Jarlsberg cheese.
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This post was originally published Oct. 30, 2017, and has been updated and republished Nov. 7, 2018 and Sept. 23, 2020.
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Oh, I adore cheese! Yummy! This made me drool. This looks amazing! Thank you for sharing this.
This is such a great idea!!
awesome dish. marinated cheese can give delicious taste to any recipe.
I really like marinated cheese. After reading this recipe i will definitely try this.
Alena,
This will be perfect for any get-togethers you have this month!
Thank you Dorothy. You are right
Sounds delicious
Yummmm
This sounds divine!
I could eat this all day, every day. Yum!
Wow, this looks so delicious! Love how easy it is too!
Sam,
Dice the cheese, throw it all together in a jar…doesn’t get any easier!
We LOVE cheese! This looks awesome. With all the holiday parties just around the corner, I will for sure have to give this a try.
I love marinated cheese! I will definitely have to try this!
I have not had this in such a long time, I had forgotten about these lovely marinated cheese cubes. Just earlier I was munching on some cheese and I was thinking how I could help my own cheese addiction better in the future. So, glad you reminded me of this Dorothy!
Helene,
I am always here, ready to enable a cheese addiction!
This looks absolutely delicious! So much flavor!
I would love to try this!
I don’t want to give this as a gift, I want to GET this as a gift–fabulous!
Marinated cheese is so tasty!!
I love this for gift ideas for the holidays but I’ll definitely be keeping some for myself to enjoy as well!
Jen,
1 jar for you, 1 jar to give. 1 jar for you, 1 to give. 🙂
Wow, I love this! What a great idea to hand out to guests. I definitely will make this for the holidays.
I love this idea! I sometimes buy marinated cheese at a treat, but I’ve never made it myself!
LOVE this recipe. Definitely will try it. I’ve never marinated cheese, and I don’t know why. It’s time. 🙂
Valentina,
Marinate some tiny mozz balls in a separate jar, too!