Drive Profits By Adding Cheese Boards to Your Menu

when to serve: Serve cheese boards as appetizers or desserts. Also, serve alone in your bar area or to customers just stopping in for drinks.

additional applications: Catering, parties, hospitality, wine tastings.

why: Capitalize on the “shareable snack” trend that is popular with Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z diners.

Our West Creek® Cheese Board Kit Cheeses includes wedges of our washed-rind Italian-style Fontina, a semihard Spanish-inspired Queso de Cesta Basket Cheese, an Alpine-style Gruyere, and the savory cheddar-gouda blend of our Sunset Reserve. All are domestic cheeses made with milk from family farms in Wisconsin. Create a flavorful, rustic cheese board with mixed olives, caper berries, figs, grapes, pears, salami, and crackers, and pair with a delicious wine or your choice of ale.

how to serve: West Creek® Cheese Board Kit Cheeses work by themselves on a simple board or as part of more elaborate offering. Cheeses are best served at room temperature. Remove from refrigerator 30–60 minutes before serving.

meat pairings: Roma® Prosciutto di Parma, Roma® Sliced Italian Dry Salami.

antipasti pairings: Roma® Artichoke Hearts, Roma® Kalamata Olives, Roma® Pepperoncini.

additional pairings: Balsamic reduction, stone-ground mustards, freshly roasted almonds, dried apricots, grapes, fig jam, quince paste, quick pickled onions. Don’t forget Delancey Street Deli® Artisan Breads!

beverage pairings: West Creek® Queso de Cesta Basket Cheese pairs well with honey and wheat beer; West Creek® Italian-style Fontina pairs well with an Altbier and a dry Riesling; West Creek® Gruyere pairs well with Pinot Noir and Amber Beer; West Creek® Sunset Reserve pairs well with Chardonnay and a Stout.

quantity: General rule is 1 ounce per cheese per person. Denser, richer cheeses can be served in smaller quantities and you can serve less cheese if you are serving more meat and bread alongside the cheese.

for table service: Space cheeses evenly across wood, slate or a glass plate. Space sauces, condiments and additional accompaniments between cheeses, dolloping sauces in artful shapes or patterns for eyecatching presentation. For larger servings like parties or hospitality, dice cheese and serve in heaping piles with fruit or antipasti artfully piled between cheeses. Serve condiments and crackers or bread in separate containers on the side.

West Creek® Queso de Cesta Basket Cheese

Semi-hard Spanishinspired Cheese

Crafted with milk from Wisconsin’s most famous residents, Queso de Cesta Basket Cheese is an American original cheese with a hint of sweetness so unique you’ll keep coming back for more. Inspired by Spanish Manchego, this semi-hard cheese has an ivory-colored body and firm and crumbly texture from crystallization that form during it’s 6 months of cellar aging. During the aging process, each wheel is hand-rubbed with cinnamon and paprika for a sweet flavor and vibrant color in it’s distinctive basket-weave rind. Queso de Cesta Basket Cheese pairs well with sun-dried tomatoes, honey and wheat beer.

West Creek® Gruyere

Made in traditional copper cheese vats and aged on wooden boards, this Gruyere is inspired by the mountains of Switzerland and perfected by milk from the pastures of Wisconsin. Each wheel develops a robust, fullbodied flavor and beautiful golden rind as it’s flipped and washed for 4 months during cellar-aging. The creamy texture and rich, nutty aroma make Gruyere perfect for pairing with figs, fresh apples and amber beer.

West Creek® Italian-style Fontina

All you’ll need is a glass of wine, the perfect dish of pasta paired with this buttery fontina, and you’ll be transported to Italy! This classic cheese is inspired by the history of Italian-made fontina – made with cow’s milk and smear-ripened until it bears a rich, earthy flavor that gets sharper with age. You’ll love it’s creamy texture and versatility –from your favorite recipes to a simple pairing with prosciutto and dry Riesling.

West Creek® Sunset Reserve

This unique table cheese is a combination of two popular varieties – gouda and cheddar. Made with milk from family farms in Wisconsin and inspired by the state’s breathtaking orange sunsets, Sunset Reserve has a distinctive golden hue that makes it a cheeseboard standout. Aged for 4 months, this cheese has a firm texture with an approachable, subtle sweetness, making it the perfect pairing for apples, grapes and salami.

Daiya tastes, shreds, melts, and stretches just like dairy cheese. Daiya is made with nutritious whole-food plant-based ingredients and is:

•33% less fat

• Cholesterol free

•Trans fat free

•Dairy free

•Free of all animal products (Vegan and Parve)

•Free of common allergens including: soy, casein, lactose, gluten, egg, wheat, barley, whey, corn, rice, and nuts.

•Free of ar tificial ingredients

•Free of preservatives

•Free of hor mones and antibiotics

• An excellent source of a naturally occurring vegan vitamin B-12 as

Product usage

Daiya cheese products behave in the same manner as dair y cheese products.

Pizzas

Daiya recommends using suggested amounts of the product on pizzas for optimum performance:

10” pizza 4-6 oz.

12” pizza 6-8 oz.

14” pizza 8-10 oz.

16” pizza 10-12 oz.

18” pizza 13-15 oz.

Baking

Use Daiya products as you would dairy cheese products. For dishes like lasagna, add product to the top layer 5-10 minutes before baking completion.

Storage

Always keep refrigerated. Once opened, Daiya should be used within approximately

nutrition Facts

IngredIents:

Filtered water, tapioca and/or arrowroot flours, non-GMO expeller pressed canola and/or non-GMO expeller pressed safflower oil, coconut oil, pea protein, salt, vegan natural flavors, inactive yeast, vegetable glycerin, sunflower lecithin, calcium citrate, xanthan gum, citric acid (for flavor), vegan bacterial cultures.

Foodservice products that offer outstanding quality and value.

West Creek™ is proud to offer a quality line of frozen, ready to whip, and whipped toppings--perfect for dressing up your dessert menu. West Creek products meet or exceed demanding standards, ensuring outstanding quality, consistency, and value.

Features:

•Naturally creamy flavor and appearance

•Superior stability and performance

•Two years frozen shelf life

•Two weeks thawed shelf life

•Zero ounces of trans fat per serving

•Versatile packaging options

Pastry Bag

–Ultimate convenience

–Plastic pastry bag includes star decorator tip

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