For a buffet party serve 5-7 (for a dinner party 3-4) different cheeses, make sure that you have a good variety with different textures and flavours, don't serve cheese that is hard to cut. Serve the cheeses on a large plate, or an attractive chopping board, accompanied with cheese knives. Lay the cheeses out so that they are attractive and accompany with walnuts,wedges of figs, plum or quince cheese and a bunch of grapes. Serve with slices of walnut bread and or baguette or similar bread, oatcakes (recipe below) or other plain biscuits (strong flavoured biscuits over power the flavour of the cheese).
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes (plus time for preparing dashi 20 minutes or use instant
dashi)
Prep: 30 minutes
Cook: 30-40 minutes
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes