Start your holiday festivities with a French-inspired
baked brie appetizer.
Baked
Brie with Cherries & Nuts
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- 1 small wheel (8 ounces)
brie cheese
- 1/4 cup chopped maraschino
cherries (about 12 cherries)
- 2 tablespoons apricot
jam
- 1 egg
- Preheat oven to 375°F
(190°C). Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
- Coarsely chop nuts and
place half the nuts on the baking sheet, shaping them into a
circle the size of the brie. Reserve remaining nuts.
- Remove wrapping from brie.
With a sharp knife split brie in half horizontally. Mix together
the cherries and jam, spread the mixture on the bottom half of
the brie and then sandwich brie pieces back together, pressing
well.
- Whisk the egg in another
shallow bowl. Dip the brie on all sides into the egg mixture.
Then press egg-dipped brie into the nuts on the baking sheet.
- Cover the top of the brie
with remaining nuts, pressing nuts into brie to adhere.
- Bake for about 15 minutes
or until nuts are toasty and cheese is soft.
Makes 8 servings.
Recipe created by the Kathy
Casey Food Studios for the National Sweet Cherries Foundation.
Recipe and photograph provided courtesy
of NationalCherries.com, through ECES, Inc., Electronic Color Editorial Services.
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