Are you hosting a potluck party or heading to one, but don’t feel like cooking? Here’s the perfect solution to preparing an impressive yet effortless dish — a cheese platter. With such an array of ingredients, you can be sure that everyone will like something from it.  

When choosing cheese, there is so much to choose from. I tend to choose mild cheeses, but really it’s up to you. My favourites are brie, camembert and manchego. The same goes with crackers. My suggestion is a light crisp type, and one that is slightly salty.

For this platter I used Goiaba, which is a Brazilian guava paste. It is a perfect pairing with some cheeses. As it is not easy to get, you can replace this with a quince jam.