Friday, July 22, 2011

PASTRY WRAPPED CRANBERRY BRIE

Ingredients

1can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
1round (8 oz) Brie cheese (Do not use triple creme Brie)
3tablespoons whole berry cranberry sauce
1tablespoon apricot preserves
1/2teaspoon dried rosemary leaves, crushed
2medium pears, unpeeled, thinly sliced
Method
  1. Heat oven to 350°F. Unroll dough and separate crosswise into 2 sections; press dough into 2 (7-inch) squares, firmly pressing perforations to seal.
  2. Cut cheese round horizontally to make 2 rounds. Place 1 cheese round, rind side down, on center of 1 dough square. (Do not remove rind from cheese.) In small bowl, mix cranberry sauce and preserves. Spread over top of cheese; sprinkle with rosemary. Top with remaining cheese round, rind side up.
  3. With small cookie or canapé cutter, or sharp knife, make 1/2- to 1-inch cutouts to resemble poinsettia leaves from each corner of remaining dough square. Roll 3 small pieces of dough into 3 small balls; set cutouts and dough balls aside. Place remaining dough on top of cheese round. Press dough evenly around cheese, folding top edges over bottom edges; press to seal completely. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
  4. On 7x7-inch foil square, arrange dough leaves with balls in center on top of dough. Lift foil square with poinsettia and place on cookie sheet next to wrapped Brie.
  5. Bake poinsettia 8 to 11 minutes or until light golden brown around edges. Lift from cookie sheet with foil; cool. Bake wrapped cheese 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet; place on serving plate. Place poinsettia on top of wrapped cheese. Let stand 15 minutes before serving. Serve warm with pears.

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