Brie Cheese Recipes

!±8± Brie Cheese Recipes

Brie and Red Pepper Relish Puffs

Makes 16

225g (1/2lb) brie cheese
1 packet of puff pastry ready-rolled and defrosted
1/2 jar of hot red pepper or chilli jam
Vegetable oil or butter

1. Preheat the oven to 400ºC degrees. Cut the brie into 1/2 inch squares.

2. Flour the pastry lightly and roll it out until it is about an inch or two wider all round. Cut each sheet into quarters, then cut each quarter in half again. Cut the halves in half to make 16 squares per sheet.

3. Lightly oil or butter a mini-muffin pan. Fit a piece of puff pastry into each cup (roll each one out to fit if you need to), pushing it into the cup but leaving the edges sticking up. Place a teaspoon of hot red pepper relish in each cup, then top with a piece of cheese. Bake at 180ºC for 10 to 15 minutes, until golden. Serve warm. (Can be prepared ahead and refrigerated until ready to bake, or you can bake them and re-warm about 10 minutes at 170ºC before serving.)

Melting brie with honey and walnuts

1 whole ripened brie cheese
2 tablespoons of honey
1-2 tablespoons of dry white wine or kirsch
8 walnuts, crushed roughly

1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC. Mix the honey, walnuts and white wine together.

2. Put the brie round in an oven-to-table baking dish that fits it. Place in the oven for 5 minutes until it softens.

3. Spoon the nut and wine mixture over the hot cheese. Cook for another ten minutes or until the centre of the brie is hot and melting. Serve with wheaty crackers and let everyone help themselves with a spoon. Be careful, it will be hot.

Brie with honey, sultanas and almonds

1 round of Brie cheese
3 tablespoons of runny honey, lavender honey is really good
1/2 cup of golden sultanas
1 cup of slivered almonds
2 pears, sliced thinly

1. Put the brie on a microwave safe plate and microwave for 30 seconds (out of its box) until warm but not melting. Return the brie to its box if it has one. Heat the honey and the sultanas together in the microwave. Pour over the hot brie and top with the almonds. Serve with the pear slices.