Cranberry Pecan Baked Brie in Puff Pastry

Cranberry pecan baked brie wraps a whole wheel of cheese, whole berry cranberry sauce, toasted pecans and honey in golden puff pastry. It suits a Christmas table where you want something to cut and share, with crackers or apple slices alongside. The detail to plan around is the rest after baking: slicing too soon lets the hot cheese run out of its pastry shell.

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Ingredients for cranberry pecan baked brie

• 1 sheet (about 9 oz) frozen puff pastry, thawed
• 1 wheel (8 oz) brie
• 1/2 cup whole berry cranberry sauce
• 1/3 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 1 tbsp honey
• 1 large egg, beaten
• Crackers or apple slices, for serving

The filling brings together soft cheese, fruit and chopped nuts inside a crisp pastry wrapper. Whole berry cranberry sauce leaves visible pieces of fruit through the filling, while the toasted pecans add texture. The honey goes over the cheese with the cranberry sauce and pecans, so keep it with your filling ingredients as you assemble.

Have the egg beaten before you finish wrapping. It belongs on the outside of the pastry after the parcel has been turned seam side down. The crackers or apple slices stay separate for serving; they do not go inside the pastry.

Keep the filling over the cheese

Roll the thawed pastry out a little, then place the brie in the middle. Centering the wheel gives you pastry to bring up around the filling from every side. The recipe calls for only a little rolling, so focus on making room to enclose the cheese rather than spreading the sheet out as far as it will go.

Spoon the cranberry sauce onto the brie, followed by the pecans and honey. Keep the toppings over the wheel as you work. Filling spread across the pastry edges makes those edges harder to bring together cleanly, and you need them available for closing the parcel.

Close the seams before turning

Bring the pastry up over the topped brie and press the meeting edges closed. Look around the folds for openings before you lift it. The cheese and toppings should be enclosed, with the pressed seams gathered together on top at this stage.

Then turn the parcel over onto the lined baking sheet so those seams sit underneath. Brush the exposed pastry with beaten egg. Once the pastry is wrapped, the next cue comes from the oven: you are looking for a deep golden exterior within the recipe’s baking window.

For a quicker bite-size version of the same flavors, make a tray of cranberry brie crostini with hot honey on crisp baguette toasts.

Wrap, bake and let it settle

• Heat the oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
• Roll the thawed puff pastry out a little and place the brie in the middle.
• Top the brie with the whole berry cranberry sauce, toasted chopped pecans and honey. Fold the pastry up over the cheese and press the seams closed.
• Turn the wrapped brie seam side down onto the prepared baking sheet. Brush the pastry with the beaten egg.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until deep golden. Rest for the full 15 minutes, then cut into wedges.

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Give it the full rest before serving

The pastry can look ready to slice as soon as it comes out of the oven, but the cheese inside is still very hot. Leave the baked brie intact for the full 15 minutes. Cutting it hot lets the cheese run out, leaving less filling inside each wedge and making the parcel harder to serve neatly.

When the rest is complete, cut into wedges and serve with crackers or apple slices. Let the cut side show the layers of cheese, cranberry sauce and pecans. The recipe serves 6 to 8, with the whole pastry parcel brought to the table for sharing.

For planning, the recipe lists 50 minutes total. Remember that the rest is part of the preparation, even though the brie has already left the oven. Arrange serving around that pause so you can cut the pastry when it is ready.

For more ways to serve brie, try our cranberry brie crostini , hot pepper jelly baked brie , or cranberry brie crescent bites .

A few details before you begin

Does the puff pastry need to be thawed?

Yes. The ingredient list calls for frozen puff pastry that has been thawed before assembly. It needs to be ready to roll and fold around the topped wheel of brie.

Should the pecans already be toasted?

Yes. Measure 1/3 cup chopped, toasted pecans for the filling. The recipe begins with them toasted and does not include a separate nut-toasting step.

Is there an exact amount of crackers or apples?

No amount is specified. Both are serving options alongside the finished brie, so the recipe leaves that quantity open.

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