Description
This is not just a treat for cheese enthusiasts! It’s great for any major holiday or holiday season or as a perfect appetizer to a course at a dinner party – no one will be disappointed at your holiday charcuterie board, promise!
Ingredients
Scale
Here’s what ingredients you need for the baked brie:
- 1 large wheel of classic french Brie cheese
- 2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
- Optional toppings: chopped nuts (like pecans or walnuts), dried cranberries, a sprinkle of cinnamon or fresh thyme
Cheese Platter Ingredients:
- Variety of cheeses like Camembert, Blueberry vanilla goat cheese, Gouda, Truffle moliterno cheese, artisanal cheese, or a mild blue cheese (any of your favorite cheeses!)
- Assorted fresh fruits and dried fruit like grapes, sliced pears, smashed blackberry, and berries
- Fresh fruit or dried fruits such as figs & orange, grapes, cherries, apricots, and dates
- Sweet spreads like fig jam, raspberry preserves, strawberry jam, or apple butter
- Meat and cold cuts like prosciutto, Salamai, Soppressata, smoked turkey or chicken, smoked salmon
- Nuts like almonds, candied walnuts, or spiced pecans
- Variety of crackers and slices of artisanal bread
- Dark chocolate pieces or truffles
- Pickles
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Take your brie wheel and place it on a sheet pan lined with a parchment paper – scoring the top lightly in a criss-cross pattern to make serving easier before continuing.
- Drizzle some honey or maple syrup over your brie and sprinkle with your choice of chopped nuts, dried cranberries, cinnamon, and thyme over it – this will give it a nice touch and add a twist.
- Bake your sweet brie for about 10-15 minutes – by the time it’s done it should be lightly soft and gooey, just be careful not to overbake it so it won’t become runny.
- Once it’s baked, transfer it carefully to the center of a large wooden board or platter – then arrange the other cheeses (if desired) around it.
- Now add the fresh and dried fruits around the board, as well as some small bowls with nut clusters – fill some of the spaces with sweet crackers, bread slices, cold cuts like prosciutto or salami, as well as some smaller bowls or jars of sweet spreads like fig ham or apple butter.
- Scatter dark chocolate pisces of truffles for a more luxurious finish – with this, also garnish with a few sprigs of fresh herbs to give it a hint of freshness.
Try this warm brie cheese board and let us know below how you liked it!