Baked Brie en Croute with Jam

Baked brie en croute with jam is a delicious and easy recipe that is made up of store-bought puff pastry, jam, and a wheel of brie cheese. The brie is topped with jam then wrapped in puff pastry and baked to golden perfection. This brie in puff pastry is a favorite holiday and entertaining appetizer and everyone always loves it.

Brie en Croute

Brie en croute (pronounced bree-on-kroot) is a French recipe that involves taking brie and wrapping it in puff pastry before being baked in the oven. The term en croute translates to "baked in pastry crust".

This brie en croute with jam is just that, a delicious wheel of baked brie with jam all wrapped in puff pastry crust and then baked until golden brown. This decadent baked brie is a little savory from the puff pastry and cheese and a little sweet from the jam.

You can use any jam for this recipe. I used a delicious homemade nectarine jam when I made this recipe but any jam will work beautifully.

You can use raspberry jam, peach jam or whatever jam you have on hand. You can also use homemade caramelized apples, and blackberry puree as a topping in place of jam.

It all works! If you need an even easier brie recipe, my simple caramelized brie recipe is worth checking out.

Ingredients You Will Need

• One sheet of puff pastry. This is what your brie is wrapped in before baking.
• Jam. Any jam will do. You can use nectarine jam like I did here. Raspberry jam, fig jam, and peach jam work great too.
• Brie cheese. Look for a wheel of brie cheese that is larger in size. Some wheels of brie can be small.
• Egg wash. This is one egg that is beaten and then brushed over the puff pastry before baking in the oven. The egg wash gives the brie a beautiful golden crust.

How To Make Baked Brie en Croute With Jam

Roll: To make this brie and puff pastry, the first thing you want to do is roll out one puff pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface until it is about the size of an 11-inch square. Just a little shy of 12 inches or a ruler.

Add brie and jam: Once your puff pastry is rolled out, add your brie cheese and a heaping ⅓ cup of your jam on top of the brie.

Wrap: When you wrap the puff pastry (pleat the puff pastry) over the brie and jam, you do not have to worry about it being perfect. To pleat the puff pastry you are just wrapping the puff pastry in sections over the cheese.

Add egg wash: The egg wash that you add before baking will help give the brie en croute that beautiful golden color.

The beauty of working with puff pastry is it all looks beautiful after baking.

Tip:

I give a little pinch to the puff pastry that I folded to make sure the pastry is sealed. If you have had problems with your puff pastry opening up during baking, this will fix that!

When the brie en croute is done baking, I like to brush a little of the jam onto the outside of the puff pastry while it is still hot. It adds a little extra flavor to the puff pastry and it tastes delicious.

It will not add too much sweetness. This step is totally optional but it is good!

Storing

If you looking to entertain with this baked brie appetizer, the good news is this can be made ahead of time. Just assemble the brie and jam inside the puff pastry and fold it together. Cover the pastry and refrigerate for up to 24 hours ahead of time. When you are ready to bake the brie, remove it from the refrigerator and brush the egg wash on and bake.

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