Baked Brie and Preserves

Impress your guests with this simple yet elegant recipe for baked brie with preserves. Perfect for holiday parties, this easy appetizer is made with a wheel of brie, your choice of preserves, and fresh herbs and nuts.

It’s December and ready or not I’m taking a deep breath and diving head-first into all thing holidays. There will be decorations, gifts, and of course food.  The party nibbles, the wintry warming dinners, the sweets and treats and steaming cups of cocoa.  But first there’s this baked brie with preserves to talk about.

Baked brie is one of the easiest holiday appetizers you can make.  It has all the appeal of a cheese and crackers platter but elevated.  It’s simple to prepare and can be popped in the oven just as your guests arrive.  Effortless and elegant it’s a guaranteed crowd-pleaser and the kind recipe you’ll find yourself making again and again.

Baked Brie

Baked brie is one of my favorite holiday appetizers because it’s quick to prepare and only requires a handful of ingredients.  It’s how you take an average wheel of Brie from good to great.  Just pop the Brie into a cast-iron or ceramic baking dish, top with preserves, chopped nuts and herbs and bake to molten perfection. Customize the recipe by using the preserves, nuts and herbs of your choice. Here’s what you’ll need:

Ingredient Notes:

(Here are a few notes about the ingredients you’ll need for this recipe.  As always find the full list of ingredients and directions in the recipe card at the bottom of the post.)

• Brie – You’ll need a whole wheel of brie.  I like to use goat brie but regular brie works great as well.
• Preserves – You can use any kind of preserves you’d like but some of my favorites are pear, apricot, fig or cherry.
• Nuts – I like to pair walnuts with brie but pecans or pistachios also work nicely.
• Herbs – You’ll need a few sprigs of fresh herbs like thyme or rosemary.
• Fruit and Crackers for Serving – Serve the brie with a variety of fruit such as grapes or sliced apples and pears and your favorite gluten-free crackers and/or bread.

How to Make Baked Brie and Preserves

(Here are the basic steps and some helpful tips on how to make the recipe.  Find the full directions in the recipe card at the bottom of the post.)

1. Start by placing a wheel of brie into either a small ceramic or cast iron dish.
2. Top with the preserves, nuts and herbs and place in the oven until warmed through.
3. Remove from oven and serve alongside crackers and fruit.
4. To re-heat the brie, return dish to the oven for a few minutes until warm.

Variations:

• Use apricot, pear, fig or cherry preserves.
• Use walnuts, pecans or pistachios.
• Use fresh thyme or rosemary.

More Cheese Appetizer Recipes:

• Cranberry Goat Cheese
• Cheese Sables
• Whipped Feta Dip

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Yield: Serves 4-6

Baked Brie and Preserves

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Impress your guests with this simple yet elegant recipe for baked brie with preserves.

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Ingredients

• One 5-6 ounce/142g-170g mini round of brie (The cheese should give slightly to pressure in the center)
• 2 Tablespoons/60g preserves of your choice (pear, apricot, fig, cherry, etc…)
• 2 Tablespoons/15g coarsely chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, pistachios or use sliced almonds)
• 1 teaspoon fresh herbs (use thyme or rosemary)
• Gluten free crackers, bread, grapes and apple slices for serving.

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°
2. Place a square or parchment in a shallow oven proof ceramic or cast-iron dish.  Place brie on parchment and top with preserves, nuts and fresh herbs.
3. Bake until warm (about 10-15 minutes).
4. Remove dish from oven and carefully lift parchment with brie from dish. 
5. Place parchment on serving platter and serve warm with crackers, bread, grapes and sliced apples (toss apple slices in lemon juice to prevent browning).

Notes

Variations:

• Use apricot, pear, fig or cherry preserves.
• Use walnuts, pecans, pistachios or sliced almonds
• Use fresh thyme or rosemary.

Make-Ahead:

Brie can be prepared ahead of time and placed in the oven when ready to serve.

Dietary Info:

Gluten free, Grain free, Vegetarian, Egg-Free

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  Fit Joy Classic Crackers, 8 OZ
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  Maine Crisp Savory Fig & Thyme Crisps, 4 oz

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 218Total Fat: 11gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 28mgSodium: 227mgCarbohydrates: 23gFiber: 2gSugar: 15gProtein: 8g

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Sylvie

Sylvie Shirazi is the recipe developer and food photographer behind Gourmande in the Kitchen. For the last 10 years she's been making eating more healthfully easy and accessible with gluten-free, grain-free, paleo and vegan recipes that are free from processed ingredients.