Baked Brie
One 6inch diameter round of Brie
2 T. Brown sugar
2 T. Butter
2 T. Sherry
1/3 cup dried fruit
1/3 cup nuts
In a small sauce or fry pan melt butter and sugar. Add sherry, stirring until sugar is dissolved and mixture is bubbly-not long at all. Add nuts and fruit and stir to coat.
Place round of brie in a glass pie plate and top with the fruit/nut mixture. Bake in a 350 degree oven until top is browned and side is soft. Ascertain this by pressing your finger on the side of the brie. If you bake too long it will be runny and we don’t want that. Also the temperature is not crucial, so if you are baking something else at another temperature the brie will do just fine as long as you keep an eye on it. Serve with crackers or thinly sliced dense french bread. I am telling you, people love it and will be ever so impressed until you give them the recipe and they see how easy it is.
Possible combos:
Dates/walnuts
Cranberries/pecans (my personal favorite)
Apricots/almonds
Golden raisins/almonds
We made it for a wine tasting recently and did a combo of crans, dates and apricots because that is what we had on hand. Worked just great.
