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Baked Brie with fruit can really put on a show, not only is it pretty but it’s delicious too. The best part though is how easy it all comes together.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe!
You can serve baked brie with fruit all year round and just change up your fruit depending on what is in season. In the summer, I use fresh peaches and blackberries. In the winter I use apples and pears.
Topped with toasted walnuts for flavor and crunch this brie is pretty much my favorite appetizer of all time. It’s guaranteed to get you lots of oohs and aahs at your next party too. The soft, oozing cheese topped with delicious fresh fruit is just too hard to resist and will be the first thing to disappear at your party.
Ingredients Needed
- Brie. Use a 14 oz. round.
- Fruit. Peaches, blackberries, strawberries, apples, pears.
- Butter
- Brown sugar
- Apple juice
- Walnuts. Toasted. You can also use pecans, almonds or macadamia nuts.
How to Make Fruit Topping For Brie
- Melt butter in pan and add peaches. Cook until tender.
- Stir in brown sugar, stir until melted and saucy.
- Add in apple juice, cook until slightly thickened.
- Add in blackberries, stir until berries are warm.
Tip from Leigh Anne
- Fruit mixture can be made several hours ahead of time and just rewarmed before adding it to the brie. Keep refrigerated until ready to add to brie.
How to Make Baked Brie with Fruit
- Place brie on a baking sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes at 375 degrees F. until the cheese gets nice and hot and melty.
- Remove brie from oven and top with fruit mixture.
- Sprinkle with toasted walnuts.
- To reheat: If the brie cools off before your guests have finished it off, just pop it back in the oven or microwave for a few minutes to remelt it.
How to Toast Walnuts
- Place walnuts on a microwave safe plate.
- Cook on high for about 2 minutes, stir and repeat until they start turning brown.
The toasting gives the walnuts amazing flavor. You can also toast them in the oven if you prefer or in a pan on the stove top. Just watch them closely because they can go from perfect toasted to burned really quickly.
Baked Brie Toppings
- Berries
- Dried Fruit
- Apples
- Peaches
- Pears
- Roasted Nuts
I’ve also been known to just grab a spoon and dig right in without a cracker too.
Be sure and get a bit of cheese, fruit and nut in each bite! The flavor and texture combination is perfection.
Serve this with:
- Crackers
- Pita Chips
- Baguette
- Sliced apples or pears
- Sliced veggies such as celery, carrots or peppers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Brie is a nice soft cheese and comes with a rind on it. The rind is totally eatable and I find that it really doesn’t have much flavor. The rind is actually mold that is formed from penicillin candidum. It is harmless unless you are very allergic to mold. I have a mild mold allergy and it doesn’t bother me at all.
In a cast iron. or ceramic dish, it will stay scoopable for 15 minutes or so. You can pop it into the microwave for 15 seconds to warm it up and make it gooey again, or cover with oil and put it back into the oven for 5 minutes or so.
Keep any leftover brie refrigerated. You can eat it cold, room temperature or reheat in microwave for a few seconds.
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Baked Brie with Fruit and Toasted Walnuts
Ingredients
- 2 peaches skinned and diced
- 1 cup blackberries
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup apple juice
- 1/2 – 1 cup toasted walnuts
- 1 14 oz. brie round
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
- Melt butter in pan and add peaches. Cook until tender.
- Add in brown sugar, stir until melted and saucy.
- Add in apple juice, cook until slightly thickened.
- Add in blackberries, stir until berries are warm.
- Put brie in an oven proof pan and bake for 10-15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and top with fruit mixture.
- Serve with crackers and bread
Toasted Walnuts
- Place walnuts on a plate in a single layer and microwave for 2 minutes. Stir and microwave in 1-2 minute intervals until toasted.
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Cheryl Strehlow says
Hi Leigh Ann,
I was wondering what crackers you had around the brie. They look so good. And do you toast the bread slices?
This will be on my appetizer list for Christmas for sure!!
Thank you so much!!
Cheryl
Leigh Anne says
Cheryl, The crackers came from Trader Joes. I think it was a special kind they had for the holidays. I don’t toast my bread slices. Hope you enjoy it!
Jen says
What about the rind? I never know what to do about it I don’t particularly like the flavor. Should I cut the top of it off and then put the fruit on?
Thanks!
Leigh Anne says
I usually leave it on and then just let the cheese ooze out from it. I don’t like to eat it either. You can cut off the top of it if you like, I’m just usually too lazy! The rind does help hold in the cheese as it bakes.