Summer French Cheese Cake Tower

Serves	16 to 20
Prep time	30 minutes
Dietary	Vegetarian
Meal type	Dessert, Side Dish
Misc	Gourmet, Pre-preparable, Serve Cold
Occasion	Barbecue, Birthday Party, Casual Party, Christmas, Easter, Formal Party, Thanksgiving, Valentines day
Region	French
By author	Karen Burns-Booth

Summer French Cheese Cake Tower - a spectacular tower of French cheeses, this tiered cheese tower is perfect for any summer wedding or celebration dinners.

Ingredients

1 x whole Brie cheese
1 x whole Saint Nectaire cheese
1 x whole Tomme cheese
1 x whole Bresse Bleu cheese
1 x small Crottin goat's cheese
small pink rose buds and flowers (plus one larger rose for the top)
fennel flowers
lavender flowers
rosemary leaves

Note

Summer French Cheese Cake Tower - a spectacular tower of French cheeses, this tiered cheese tower is perfect for any summer wedding or celebration dinners.

Directions

Step 1	Place the wheel of Brie onto a wooden board or large platter that is suitable for cutting cheese.
Step 2	Sit the Saint Nectaire cheese on top of the brie, followed by the Tomme, Bresse Bleu and finally the small Crottin goat's cheese on top.
Step 3	Starting at the bottom, push the fennel flowers and buds in and around the base of the Saint Nectaire cheese, making sure they are pushed in all the way around.
Step 4	Between the Tomme cheese and the Saint Nectaire cheese, do the same with the lavender flowers; arrange the rosemary leaves in and around the base of the Bresse Bleu which is next and finally push the tiny pink roses and rose buds around the base of the Crottin goat's cheese.
Step 5	Place the larger pink rose on top of the Crottin cheese and place any posies of the same flowers and herbs around the base of the cheese cake tower if you have any to hand.
Step 6	NB: This is a Summer French Cheese Cake Tower using hand picked herbs and flowers that I had in my garden at the time, but, you can use any seasonal flowers and herbs you have available, wherever you live, and you can also match the colours to any wedding bouquets or celebratory table settings.