Baked Brie with Cranberry Sauce

"This is a simple but elegant appetizer that will please just about anyone on Thanksgiving (or at any point in the holiday season). The combination of tart cranberry sauce and creamy Brie cheese is irresistible! You can prepare it in advance and just pop it in the oven. We used our Cranberry Orange Sauce which is super easy and so delicious! This recipe also works with Camembert cheese."

"Allow your Brie to come to room temperature before baking. If your Brie is still cold this recipe will still work, you may just have to add a few minutes of baking time. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place Brie in a small round casserole dish as close to the size of the cheese as possible. Top with cranberry sauce. Then top with the pecans. Cover casserole dish tightly with foil. Bake approximately 10 minutes. Brie should be fully melted."

"Line the casserole dish with parchment paper so that you can lift the baked brie out of the dish once it is done and place it on your serving platter. It is super hard to remove the brie without the parchment paper. When the brie is baked, it is filled with liquid-y melted cheese and you want to avoid poking it and moving it around too much. Once the rind on the brie cheese is cut open, it gets pretty messy."

Baked Brie combines a full round of Brie with whole-berry cranberry sauce and chopped pecans for an easy, elegant appetizer. Allow the Brie to reach room temperature, place it in a round casserole dish sized to the cheese, then top with cranberry sauce and pecans. Cover the dish tightly with foil and bake at 400°F for about ten minutes, adjusting time if the cheese is cold, until the Brie is fully melted. Serve warm with sliced French bread, crackers, pears, or apples. Line the dish with parchment for easy removal and microwave briefly if the cheese hardens before serving.

Read at Alternative Medicine Magazine