Baked Brie With Cranberry Sauce

Total Time: 13 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 ounces round brie cheese, at room temperature
• 1/3 cup cranberry sauce (use your own personal favorite recipe)
• 1 -2 tablespoon packed brown sugar (more or less to taste)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 cup hazelnuts, unroasted and roughly chopped (optional)
• fresh rosemary, to garnish (optional)
• assorted crackers, like cracked black pepper crackerthins or homemade harvest cracker

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 425°f.
• 2 peel or slice off the top rind of the brie and scrape out a small amount of cheese to form a shallow hollow in the center. place the cheese in a small baking dish like a pie pan. (if you plan on transferring the cheese to a serving dish after it's baked, line the pie pan with a square of parchment paper.).
• 3 mix the cranberry sauce, brown sugar, vanilla, zest, and nutmeg. top the brie with this cranberry mixture and sprinkle the hazelnuts (optional) over it.
• 4 bake for 8 to 12 minutes or until the fruit is bubbling and the cheese is gooey. this is a delicate process, and baking time can vary. the goal is to take the cheese out after it has softened, but just before it collapses into a heap.
• 5 if desired, lift the parchment paper and use a spatula to carefully slide the cheese onto a prettier serving dish. garnish with a rosemary sprig (optional) and serve immediately with assorted crackers.