Spoil your guests with this as an appetizer or serve with just a salad and a bottle of wine for a romantic night in.
By Taylor Kadlec
Brie En Croute with Apples and Onions
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 mins
Description
Spoil your guests with this as an appetizer or serve with just a salad and a bottle of wine for a romantic night in.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 yellow onion, sliced
- 1 apple, peeled and diced
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
- salt, to taste
- 1 (8 oz) wheel of Brie
- 1 sheet of puff pastry
- 1 egg white
- 1 tablespoon water
Instructions
- Place butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat.
- Add onions.
- Cook, stirring often, until they start to become brown and caramelized, about 15 minutes.
- Add the apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt and cook about 10 more minutes, until the apples begin to soften and release their juices and evaporate.
- Remove from heat.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Spray baking dish or pan with cooking spray, or line with parchment paper.
- Cut wheel of Brie in half horizontally to make two thinner wheels.
- Place the bottom in the center of the puff pastry.
- Spread about half of the apple and onion compote over the cheese, then top with second disc.
- Top with remaining compote.
- Bring the puff pastry up around the brie and apple layers, pinching the edges together.
- Whisk together egg white and water to create the egg wash.
- Brush surface of puff pastry with egg wash.
- Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 45 minutes.
- Let rest 5 minutes, then serve on platter with knife, crackers, slices of apple and a glass of Frei Brothers Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon.
- Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Appetizer
