Serving a cheese board with table knives
Table knives make good cheese and butter knives for a relaxed board, and a set of six gives one per cheese:
- Take the cheeses out of the fridge about an hour before serving so their flavours open up.
- Set one knife beside each cheese, so strong and mild flavours never share a blade.
- Cut soft cheeses with a single clean stroke, wiping the 11.5 cm blade between slices.
- Spread butter or soft cheese with the flat of the blade rather than the edge.
- Afterwards, wipe the knives and wash them by hand, keeping the bone handles out of the water.
A knife set from Pakistan with natural white bone handles looks at home among wooden boards and linen.
