Cranberry Brie Bread Bowl
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Cranberry Brie Bread Bowl
Description
The recipe involves making a cranberry sauce by cooking fresh cranberries with brown sugar, orange juice, and fresh thyme until they soften and form a jam-like consistency. Separately, pecans are cooked with butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and vanilla to create a sweet, spiced candy coating. Both these components bring sweetness and seasonal flavors to the dish.
A round loaf of bread is hollowed out to create a bowl for the Brie cheese wheel. The Brie can be warmed in the oven inside the bread bowl, allowing it to become soft and creamy. The cranberry sauce and candied pecans add vibrant contrasts in flavor and texture to the rich cheese and crusty bread shell.
This dish suits appetizer or party serving, offering a mix of sweet, tart, nutty, and creamy elements in a shareable format.
Leftovers should be stored in airtight containers in the refrigerator and can be reheated in the oven or toaster oven for best texture retention. Using whole berry cranberry sauce is recommended for maintaining texture similar to the fresh sauce.
Ingredients
For the cranberry sauce
- 2 cups cranberries fresh
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 6 talks thyme fresh
- 2 tbsp orange juice
For the candied pecans
- 2 cups pecans
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- pinch salt
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp butter
Other ingredients
- 1 Brie cheese 6-inch wheel
- 1 bread circular is best, fresh loaf
- cooking oil or spray
Instructions
To make the cranberry sauce
- Wash your cranberries with cool water.
- Heat a saucepan to medium-heat. Then, pour in washed cranberries, brown sugar, and orange juice.
- Remove thyme leaves from the stalks and add to the pan. Then, stir with a rubber spatula for 6-8 minuets. The cranberries will expand and "melt" to create a jam.
- Pour the cranberry sauce into a bowl and set aside. Rinse and dry the saucepan. We'll also use it to make the candied pecans.
To make the candied pecans
- Heat your saucepan over medium-heat again. Add in Fisher Nut pecans, ground cinnamon, brown sugar, salt, and vanilla extract. Then, stir with a rubber spatula for 4-5 minutes.
- Once the pecans and brown sugar are warm, add butter. It should melt pretty quickly.
- Continue to mix until the sugar has caramelized. Then, remove from heat and let cool.
Now, we'll assemble the bread bowl
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Using a bread knife, cut a circular hole in the top of your bread loaf to make a bread bowl. To determine how much to cut, I placed the brie on top of the bread to see how large the hole needed to be.
- Remove the dough from inside your hole. You want the brie to sit inside the bread bowl.
- Then, brush the inside of the bread bowl with olive oil. You can also spray with cooking spray.
- Using a spoon, spread the cranberry sauce inside the bread bowl. Then, layer in the candied pecans.
- Place the brie wheel inside the bread bowl. Top with more cranberry sauce. Then, garnish the top with more candied pecans.
- Before placing the bread bowl on a pan and in the oven, place a large sheet of tinfoil on the baking sheet. Place the bread bowl on the tinfoil and wrap the tinfoil around the bread bowl. (It will be a loose covering but it will allow the brie to warm and cook without burning.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until brie is tender.
Notes
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator to keep freshness.
- Reheat in the oven at 350°F for about 10 minutes or use a toaster oven to maintain bread texture; microwaving may soften the bread too much.
- Using canned whole berry cranberry sauce can be a convenient substitute while maintaining similar texture.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 364 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 364kcal | 18% |
| Carbohydrates | 19g | 6% |
| Protein | 10g | 20% |
| Fat | 27g | 42% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 36mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 328mg | 14% |
| Potassium | 23mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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