Baked Brie

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 07:51PM
happy hour kitchen in Appetizers, Cheese, Side Dishes

Now watch this Polish boy show you how to make a baked brie. Bring this bad boy to any party, and you're the insta-life-of-the-party because who doesn't like ooey gooey cheese?!

 

Ingredients

 

• 6-12 oz brie (Camembert works too - both are soft creamy cow’s milk cheeses that come round with white rinds)
• 1 sheet of frozen puff pastry dough
• 2 portabella mushroom caps
• 4-6 tbsp apricot jam
• Cooking spray (Pam, Olive Oil Spray, Canola Oil Spray, all work!)
• Salt and pepper
• Baguette or crackers (optional, for serving)

 

Tools

 

• Cutting board
• Sharp knife
• Measuring spoons
• Spatula
• Serving spatula (flipper kind)
• Baking sheet (can substitute with anything oven safe that brie can fit in, a closely fitting ceramic bowl is the best option for oven-to-table serving)

 

Prep Tips

 

• You can use all kinds of veggies and jams inside of a brie – so feel free to experiement!

 

Step-by-Step

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Keep brie in the fridge.
• Get puff pastry dough to room temp. If you leave it on a plate, flour the plate a little so that the dough doesn’t stick to it.
• Wash and dry the portabella caps, removing any stem.
• Slice the portabella caps into strips about ¼ inch thick and slice all strips in half.
• Spray your baking sheet with a lot of cooking spray – so it becomes a baking sheet slip n’ slide.
• Lay down puff pastry dough on baking sheet. If it is still a bit frozen and not at room temp, dough could crack. If dough it too warm, it could easily tear as you use it. Just pinch together any holes you make.
• Spread ½ of the apricot jam in a circle on the center of the pastry dough.
• Cover with ½ of the slices (from one mushroom cap).
• Put brie (from fridge!) on top of pile mushroom-jam nest.
• Coat top of brie in second ½ of apricot jam and plot on remaining portabella mushrooms
• Pull the pastry dough over the brie and push together the seems. Pulle over corner frst and then pull together sides. You don’t want any goodness leaking out!
• Sprinkle closed, covered brie with salt and pepper, and spray with cooking spray (some people use melted butter).
• Put in oven for 30 minutes to bake, then remove.
• Cool for 5 minutes before serving.
• Enjoy!

 

Serving Tips

 

• Serve with crackers or baguette slices. You can warm the baguette slices in the oven for 3 mins after taking the brie out, while the brie cools.

 

Article originally appeared on Happy Hour Kitchen (http://happyhourkitchen.com/).