Name: Date and Pecan Baked Brie in Puff Pastry
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 sheet puff pastry; 1 wheel of brie cheese, about 250 g/9 oz ( do not remove rind); 1 egg beaten with 1 tsp milk; 1 tbsp everything but the bagel seasoning; 8 dates, pitted and torn into pieces; 1 tbsp unsalted butter; 50 g/2 oz pecans, halved; juice from 1/2 orange; 3 tbsp brown sugar; 2 tbsp maple syrup; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 1/4 tsp cinnamon, red pepper flakes and salt; fresh thyme, for serving

Date and pecan baked brie in puff pastry. A crowd-pleasing appetizer with an impressive payoff. Gooey brie topped with charred dates and pecans, wrapped in crunchy puff pastry. It’s salty, sweet and hearty at the same time. Puff pastry baked brie takes ‘rich and luxurious’ to the next level. Add some crackers and a few guests, and you’ve got yourself a fancy party situation.

This appetizer is super easy to make. We start by preparing the date-pecan sauce, we use orange juice, maple syrup and brown sugar, then jazz it up with a splash of vanilla and a pinch of cinnamon. Next all we do is top the brie with the sauce, wrap it in a sheet of puff pastry, sprinkle with everything but the bagel seasoning and bake until golden.

The combination of warm, melted cheese and crispy pastry is actually impossible to resist. The date-pecan sauce really takes it over the edge.
Let me guide you through the recipe with this step-by-step VIDEO.

RECIPE NOTES

instead of brie, camembert will work here as well
swap pecans for walnuts or almonds
substitute layered, buttered, phyllo dough sheets for the puff pastry
make everything-bagel seasoning at home (combine 1 tsp sesame seeds with dried onion, dried garlic, poppy seeds and 1/2 tsp flaky salt)
serves 4 to 6

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Recipe Video

Yield: serves 4