Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the pastry is golden and the cheese is melted and bubbling.ĥ. Whisk your egg in a bowl, then brush the exposed puff pastry with the egg wash. Spoon about 1-2 tablespoons of the compote into each pastry cup. Using a mini muffin tin, take each square of pastry and push it into the muffin tin cup, folding the pastry corners to make it fit into the cups. You should end up with 16 squares or puff pastry.ģ. Slice the pastry lengthwise into four and then horizontally into four. Place on a serving platter and top each with a small spoonful of cranberry sauce and a small sprig of thyme for garnish. Return to oven and bake until cheese melts, about 3-5 minutes. Dust the top with a little bit of flour and roll it out into a 40cm x 40cm square. Remove baking sheet from oven and top each puffed square with a piece of brie cheese. Taking your puff pastry, roll it out onto a flour dusted surface. Boil that mixture stirring frequently for 5-10 minutes or until the mixture is quite broken down, the cranberries have burst, the apples have cooked down and the liquid has evaporated. Add the 1/4 cup of water and bring that to a simmer over medium-high heat. MAKE YOUR COMPOTE Add your cranberries and diced apples to a medium sized saucepan. The puff pastry gets super flakey and well, puffy in the oven and it freaking delicious.ĭouble cream brie, cut into 16 1-inch cubesġ. Puff Pastry: the puff pastry is the VIP of this recipe, it gives contrasts the smooth texture of the compote and the gooey texture of the cheese. I have also made these and topped them with goat’s cheese, it’s a different vibe but holy moly it’s still delicious.
I like these varieties because they aren’t too sweet, they keep a bit of their texture even when they cook down, and these are absolutely delicious paired with the cranberriesĬranberries: I mean can you even call it Thanksgiving without cranberries scattered through every element of the feast?! The cranberries give you texture in the compote, they are tart, and they perfectly balance the salty, creamy, decadent brieīrie: I love topping these bites with brie for the perfect balance of sweet, tart, and salty. Ingredients for these Apple Cranberry Brie BitesĪpples: any apple will do but my favourite baking apple is either a Honey Crisp, Fuji, Mutsu. I love taking the opportunity throughout the weekend to go on walks, explore, get outside, experience the changing leaves and boy, oh boy is it beautiful. But I also love that there are no expectations other than loads of family time and freaking delicious food, no gifts, no fluff. Thanksgiving is one of my favourite holidays, I mean I am a food blogger and Thanksgiving is a holiday centred around food so it seems pretty appropriate if you ask me. Honestly, these little bites are the perfect appetizer for your Thanksgiving feast or any Autumn dinner party. Everything bakes, the brie gets golden and crackly around the edges, the compote gives you a hit of sweet with the salty brie, the puff pastry is flakey, buttery, and oh-so-delicious. The apple cranberry compote gets nestled into a little, bite-sized puff pastry shell and then the compote gets topped with a slice of brie. These Apple Cranberry Brie Bites are flipping delicious. I know some people use crescent dough but puff pastry is a far more buttery texture.The countdown to Thanksgiving is on and I am so excited to be sharing some very delicious, easy, and relatively healthy recipes that are perfect to accompany your Thanksgiving feast. I’ve tried so many other versions and I always come back to this one. It’s brown sugar, puff pastry, and cinnamon pecans. My sisters have been making this Baked Brie forever. I hold it together all year long until Mom’s Halloween party and then it just eats at me that I’m not there. I’ve even tried to recreate it here but it’s just not quite the same.
We carve pumpkins and watch the cartoon Ichabod Crane (the Legend of Sleepy Hollow). My mom makes her chili, we have Dunkin’ Donuts with apple cider, Halloweenies, and at the very end the Great Pumpkin comes in the backyard to deliver treats to the kids. But my entire family always does a huge get together the Monday before Halloween. Homesickness never really hits me until Halloween. We’ve made our own family traditions for holidays and birthdays and made friends that are like family. I’ve embraced our situation knowing that it isn’t forever.
The last 12 years I have been as far away from Arizona that you can really get living here in Florida. I have lived away from my hometown Mesa, Arizona since I was 18 years old. This is the best appetizer for Halloween! Mummy Brie is brie cheese topped with brown sugar and cinnamon pecans and baked inside puff pastry until nice and gooey.
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