Brie En Croute Food

BAKED BRIE EN CROUTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Whisk egg and water together to make egg wash.
• Roll out puff pastry gently to a 14-inch square. Trim corners with a knife or pizza cutter to make a circle. Spread apricot preserves over the pastry, leaving a 1-inch margin around the edge. Sprinkle cranberries and almonds over the pastry, and place Brie cheese in the center.
• Brush the edges of the pastry with some of the egg wash. Fold top and bottom of pastry over the dough; trim 2 inches off each edge. Fold remaining pastry on top to cover the Brie cheese completely. Press the seams with your fingers to seal. Remove any excess apricot preserves that leaks out.
• Transfer wrapped cheese, seam-side down, to baking sheet. Brush top with egg wash.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown, about 20 minutes. Let stand before serving, about 30 minutes.

BRIE EN CROUTE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Beat the egg and water in a small bowl with a fork or whisk.
• Unfold the pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface. Roll the pastry sheet into a 14-inch square. Cut off the corners to make a circle. Sprinkle the almonds and parsley in the center of the circle. Top with the cheese. Brush the edge of the circle with the egg mixture. Fold the pastry up over the cheese to cover. Trim the excess pastry and press to seal. Brush the seam with the egg mixture. Place seam-side down onto the baking sheet. Decorate the top with pastry scraps, if desired. Brush with the egg mixture.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown. Let stand for 45 minutes. Serve with the crackers.

HOLIDAY BRIE EN CROUTE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Beat the egg and water in a small bowl with a fork.
• Unfold the pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface. Roll the pastry sheet into a 14-inch square. Spread the preserves on the pastry to within 2 inches of the edge. Sprinkle with the cranberries and almonds. Place the cheese in the center of the pastry. Fold the pastry up over the cheese to cover. Trim the excess pastry and press to seal. Brush the seam with the egg mixture. Place seam-side down onto a baking sheet. Decorate with the pastry scraps, if desired. Brush with the egg mixture.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown. Let stand for 45 minutes. Serve with the crackers.

MINI BRIE EN CROUTE WITH CRANBERRY

Steps:

• Cut the brie into 4"x4" square and discard the rounded edges.
• Cut the square into 1-inch cubes (there should be 16).
• Cut each 1-inch cube in half, and put the cheese aside.
• Open 1 can of crescent roll dough, and lay the dough flat on a greased counter space.
• Cut the dough in half lengthwise, and then into quarters widthwise. I recommend using a pizza cutter. This should result in 8 squares of dough.
• Place 1 piece of cheese and 1 table spoon of cranberry sauce onto a square of dough.
• Take the edges of the dough, and pinch them together at the top of the pastry to create a purse-like sculpture.
• Repeat this process to use all of the dough, cheese, and cranberry sauce.
• Place the little brie en croute "purses" 2 inches appart on a greased cookie sheet.
• Pour/brush the beaten egg over the tops of the purses. Make sure the purses are covered in egg from top to bottom.
• Bake purses in oven for 20 minutes at 350 degrees or until golden brown.
• Let cool for 1/2 an hour.
• Enjoy!

RASPBERRY BRIE EN CROUTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Place pastry sheet on a lightly greased baking pan.
• Place Brie in center of pastry, spread with preserves and sprinkle with almonds.
• Wrap Brie in pastry sheet, trimming excess.
• Seal seams with water and press together with fingers.
• Bake 30-40 minutes or until pastry is golden brown.
• Serve with crackers.

MINI BRIE EN CROUTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. On a lightly floured surface, unfold puff pastry. Roll out each pastry to a 10-in. square. Cut each pastry into sixteen 2-1/2-in. squares. Cut Brie into 32 pieces; place a piece of Brie in the center of each pastry square. Bring corners of pastry over Brie and pinch edges to seal., Place 2-in. apart on a parchment paper-lined baking sheets. In a small bowl, whisk egg and water; brush over puffs. , Bake until pastries are golden brown and puffed, 20-25 minutes. Serve warm.

BRIE EN CROUTE

Steps:

• Melt butter in medium saucepan on medium heat. Add apples and pears; cook 7 min., stirring frequently. Stir in honey and mustard; cook 10 min., stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Add bacon; mix well. Cool completely.
• Heat oven to 400°F. Roll out pastry sheet into 14-inch square on lightly floured surface. Place bottom half of Brie round on center of square; top with half each of the fruit mixture and nuts. Repeat layers.
• Gather edges of pastry dough over cheese, pleating edges as necessary; tie closed with kitchen twine. Place on parchment-covered baking sheet.
• Whisk egg and water until blended; brush onto dough.
• Bake 25 to 30 min. or until pastry is golden brown. Remove cheese from oven. Let stand 5 min. before cutting off and discarding the twine.
• Serve cheese warm.