Description
Make this simple, impressive appetizer featuring warm, gooey brie wrapped in flaky puff pastry, topped with sweet fig jam.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
- 1 (8 ounce) wheel of brie cheese, cold
- 1 large egg, beaten (for egg wash)
- 1/4 cup fig jam
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Unfold the thawed puff pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface. Cut the pastry into a square large enough to fully enclose the brie wheel.
- Place the cold brie wheel in the center of the pastry square.
- Spoon the fig jam over the top surface of the brie wheel. Sprinkle with chopped nuts, if using.
- Bring the edges of the puff pastry up and over the brie, meeting in the center. Pinch the seams together firmly to seal the cheese completely inside the pastry. Trim any excess dough.
- Place the sealed pastry package, seam-side down, onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Brush the entire surface of the pastry with the beaten egg wash. This helps it brown.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown and puffed.
- Remove from the oven and let it cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before serving.
- Drizzle with honey just before serving warm.
Notes
- For a different flavor, substitute raspberry jam or apricot preserves for the fig jam.
- If the pastry starts browning too quickly, loosely tent it with aluminum foil halfway through baking.
- Serve immediately with crackers, apple slices, or baguette pieces for dipping.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 25 min
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 wedge (about 1/6 of wheel)
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 12
- Sodium: 280
- Fat: 28
- Saturated Fat: 15
- Unsaturated Fat: 13
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 16
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 10
- Cholesterol: 55