Keeping New Year’s Eve entertaining easy! Three different brie recipes that are so full of flavor and you can add any of your favorite fruits, nuts, honey, etc. This type of appetizer keeps you out of the kitchen and your guests noshing =)
Baked Brie with Cranberry Chutney Appetizer
Ingredients:
½ cup cranberry chutney (see recipe below)
1 Brie round
1 sheet puff pastry (thawed)
1 egg
2T milk
Spread out sheet of puff pastry. Place ½ cup cranberry chutney in the center of the puff pastry and spread to size of Brie round. Center Brie on top of cranberry chutney. Fold up edges to enclose Brie. Place on baking sheet with seam side of pastry down.
Mix egg and milk. Brush pastry with egg wash. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Cranberry Chutney
2 cups Cape Cod Select cranberries ( fresh or frozen)
2 cups sugar
3 Tbl. Water
1 apple, chopped
2 celery ribs
1 Tbl grated orange rind
1 cup orange juice
1 cup raisins
½ tsp. ground ginger
¼ tsp. ground cloves
Cook cranberries sugar and water over medium heat 5 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and cook, stirring often, 35 minutes. Remove from heat and chill if desired. Store in refrigerator up to 3 weeks. Great with pork or chicken. Makes 2 1/2 cups.
Honey Walnut Brie
Ingredients
- 8 oz. wheel or wedge of Brie cheese
- ½ c chopped walnuts and/or pecans (I like to use a mixture)
- 2 Tbsp honey (or maple syrup)
- pinch of salt
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- crackers, apple slices, etc. for serving
Fig & Almond Brie
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
2 Tbsp. of water
6 fresh figs, stemmed and quartered
1 14″ round Brie 4 1/4 inch diameter round Brie cheese
1/2 cup toasted Almonds
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
Method:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 C).
- Heat brown sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium heat until sugar is completely dissolved. Add figs and vanilla, and cook until softened, about 10 minutes. Stir in almonds and vanilla. Place brie wheel in a baking dish, and pour fig mixture over the top.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until softened but not melted. Serve with water crackers.
