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May 23, 2017 By Kaitlin 2 Comments

Cheese Plate

NOTE: I was sent a pack of Sourdough Crackers and Szechuan Candied Pecans from Aida for this post. All opinions are my own.

I love a good cheese plate, they are great as an appetizer or as an end to a meal.

Cheese Plate

I was contacted by Aida, a specialty food brand created by the owners of the East Village wine-on-tap bar, Lois. Aida, recently launched, features handcrafted cookies, nuts, and crackers inspired by the products they created for their wine bar. I was sent their Sourdough Crackers and Szechuan Candied Pecans, which I thought would make for the beginnings of an awesome cheese plate!

Aida's Szechuan Candied Pecans and Sourdough Crackers

Aida is a New York City-based, women-owned business that makes a curated line of pantry staples and entertaining essentials. Founded in 2016 by Nora O’Malley and Phoebe Connell, Aida products are inspired by the recipes and customer relationships that they developed in their tiny East Village all-tap wine bar, Lois on Loisaida Avenue. Today, Aida’s mission is to make eating well and entertaining easily simple by offering inspired and reliable go-to products.

Aida's Szechuan Candied Pecans and Sourdough Crackers

In my opinion, you can’t really do a cheese plate wrong, whatever sounds good to you will work just fine. I wanted to play off of the spicy-sweet flavors of the pecans, so I went to my local cheese shop and asked for help choosing cheese that would work well with spicy and sweet flavors. Here is what I ended up with:

Cheese Plate

1605 Manchego: A sheep milk cheese from Spain, this Manchego is earthy and sweet. I added a drizzle of honey on top to bring out more of its sweetnes.

1605 Manchego

Von Trapp Oma: Made by the famous Von Trapp family, this cow’s milk cheese from Vermont is very creamy, buttery, and slightly funky. I added a bit of spicy whole grain mustard to balance out the funkiness of this cheese.

Von Trapp Oma

Delice de Bourgogne:  A cow’s milk cheese from France, this cheese is creamy and slightly salty with a buttercream flavor. I served this with a spiced peach jam that my sister-in-law gave us.

Delice de Bourgogne

I also added dried apricots, hot sopressata, and the Szechuan candied pecans to the plate, and served the sourdough crackers alongside the cheese plate.

Cheese Plate

 

Each of these cheeses worked well with either something sweet or something spicy on the plate.

Cheese Plate

The sourdough crackers were the perfect accompaniment, because the flavor is relatively neutral so it lets the rest of the ingredients shine.

Aida's Sourdough Crackers

I had to keep adding more and more Szechuan Candied Pecans to the plate because my husband kept eating them all! The spicy-sweet flavors are addicting!

Aida's Szechuan Candied Pecans

 

Aida has a bunch of other offerings as well, including:

  • Currant Crisps: a spiced interpretation of the shortbread cookie.

  • Lemon Candied Pepitas: salty pepitas with a healthy dose of sweet citrus and a subtle peppery kick.

  • Rye Crackers: Old World flavors, both complex and comforting.

In addition to being available online, Aida is currently available in the following specialty food shops throughout New York City: Bedford Cheese Shop, BKLN Larder, Stinky BKLN, Alphabet City Beer Company, and Malt & Mold. More retail locations to come, but food lovers everywhere an purchase the products at www.AidaEats.com.

Cheese Plate

What are some of your favorite add on’s to a cheese plate?

Filed Under: Appetizer, Party App, Pork, Review Tagged With: 1605 Manchego, Aida, Cheese, Cheese Plate, Delice de Bourgogne, Dried Apricots, Honey, Hot Sopressata, I Can Cook That, Plate, Recipe, Sourdough Cracker, Szechuan Candied Pecans, Von Trapp Oma, Whole Grain Mustard

Comments

  1. Mary Frances says

    May 25, 2017 at 9:58 pm

    Yum it all looks delish! I am a sucker for cheese. But who isn’t?!

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