Easy Baked Brie with Jam
This is a must-know appetizer, so impressive and easy to pull together. Make baked brie for an elegant cocktail party or a quiet party of a family few. Always festive, fun, delectable. And easy! Other favorite jams for this are apricot or sweet pepper jalepeno.
- Prep time
- 40 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 sleeve puff pastry, thawed 30 minutes in the box, at room temperature
- ½ cup fig jam or other favorite flavor
- 1 8 oz. wheel of brie, double or triple cream
- 1 large egg, well-beaten with a teaspoon of water
Instructions
- 1
Heat the oven to 375°F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- 2
Unwrap and unfold the thawed puff pastry. If using all-butter puff pastry, roll the pastry to 1/4-inch thickness. Carefully lay the pastry on the parchment lined pan. Cut away a strip of pastry to fit the size of your cookie cutter for decoration, if using.
- 3
Dollop half of the jam in the center of the pastry and spread to a circle about the size of the brie wheel. Lay the brie over top, and spread the rest of the jam on top of the brie.
- 4
Take one corner of the dough and pull it up and over the brie. Repeat with the remaining three corners, pressing the dough down to seal it on top.
- 5
Flip the pastry-brie package over.
- 6
Use a cookie cutter to cut a shape out of the spare piece of pastry. Lay the shape on top of the package.
- 7
Brush the pastry top and sides with egg wash.
- 8
Bake for about 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve immediately.