Baked Brie En Croute Recipe and Baked Brie with Cranberries
Wanting to spice up your holidays with some amazing appetizers? Try this Baked Brie En Croute Recipe and Baked Brie with Cranberries recipe!
Servings: 10
Prep Time: 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 1 hourhour
Total Time: 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Ingredients
For the En Croute Recipe:
1cupof packed light brown sugar
6ouncesof unsalted butter
¼cupof heavy cream
1 ½tablespoonsof good bourbon
2cupsof pecan halves
1phyllo dough sheet at room temperature
1 6” brie cheese wheel
1tablespoonof whole milk
2/3cupof sour cherry jam
1cupof dried cherries
For the Brie with Cranberries:
2/3cupwater
2/3cupsugar
juice of 1 lemon
3cupsof cranberries
1peeled and small diced granny smith apple
1peeled and small diced fuji apple
zest of 1 orange
juice of 1 orange
½cupof currants
½teaspoonof cinnamon
1 6” brie cheese wheel
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350°.
En Croute: In a pot over medium heat whisk together ½ cup of brown sugar, 4 ounces of butter and heavy cream until it becomes smooth and like caramel, about 4 to 6 minutes. Finish it by whisking in bourbon and set aside and keep warm.
Next add ½ cup of brown sugar and 2 tablespoons of butter to a saute pan over medium heat.
Once the butter is melted add in the pecans and stir until the brown sugar begins to stick to the pecans. Remove and spread out the pecans on parchment paper and let sit until the brown sugar hardens.
Roll out the phyllo dough slightly on a clean surface dusted with flour and set aside.
Spread the cherry jam over top of the brie cheese wheel and wrap the phyllo dough over it and mold it to the cheese.
Pinch the bottom using water to help secure and then brush the top of the dough with milk. Bake in the oven at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
Garnish with bourbon caramel, candied pecans and dried cherries.
Brie with Cranberries: In a medium pot boil together the water, sugar and lemon juice and then add in the cranberries and apples and cook until the mixture becomes very thick like a chutney. Finish with orange zest, orange juice, currants and cinnamon and refrigerate until cool.
Next, remove the top rind of the brie cheese wheel and then place it back on. Bake the cheese on a sheet tray lined with parchment paper at 350° for 15 minutes.
Remove the top rind and add on the cool cranberry apple mixture.
Serve both baked brie cheeses with assorted crackers and bread.