Sparkling Cranberry Brie Bites - Holiday Appetizer Recipe (2024)

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What pairs well with brie? ›

Serve the Brie with crusty bread or plain-flavored crackers that won't compete with the taste of the cheese. This is not the time to pull out the nacho chips. Brie pairs well with fruits like apples, pears, grapes, and berries and unsalted nuts like pecans, almonds, and walnuts.

Baked brie is best served warm right out of the oven. Transfer the cheese wheel to a board and surround it with crackers or a sliced baguette brushed with a little olive oil and toasted. I like to use our Arbequina California olive oil because it has a mild and fruity flavor.

Cranberry jam is another delicious option to use with this, and everyone loves cranberry brie bites (these taste especially well during the holiday season). Of course, you can use tart cranberry sauce if you don't have cranberry jam on hand. Apple butter or apple jam is also delicious with these.

A crowd pleaser every year, these little appetizers are quick, easy and so versatile you can make them how YOU please. Serve fresh out of the oven or at room temperature on a platter with grapes, fig, pear or apple slices, walnuts, almonds, pecans, jams, cold meats and crackers.

Jam - personally, I love the flavour of brie cheese with fig fruit jam, it goes so well with the savoury and sweet flavours. However, you can use absolutely any jam you like! A few of my favourite varieties include: blackberry, boysenberry, apricot or cherry jam.

How to properly eat brie cheese: There is no proper way to eat brie. You can eat it at room temperature, hot, spread it on a cracker, slice it in a sandwich, melt it, top it, and the list goes on.

Soft, creamy brie is a versatile cheese that can be served as an appetizer, dessert, or part of the main course. While brie is normally served with crusty bread or crackers, it can be paired with a variety of fruits, nuts, or honey. Allowing your culinary creations to be as adventurous as you are.

Store baked cranberry Brie bites in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days. Enjoy them cold or reheat in the oven or microwave.

That marshmallowy white stuff on the outside of your brie is called a bloomy rind. These cheeses are coated with edible molds, such as Penicillium candidum. The cheeses ripen from the outside-inwards. Sometimes, a seductive gooey layer called the “creamline” forms around the fudgy interior.

Here's how to cut your cheeses for the holiday season. Any round cheese like Brie can be cut into wedges. They're the perfect bite size wedge for a cracker. You can't eat the rind of manchego because it's wax, so cut it off.

Which jam goes with brie? ›

Jam - personally, I love the flavour of brie cheese with fig fruit jam, it goes so well with the savoury and sweet flavours. However, you can use absolutely any jam you like! A few of my favourite varieties include: blackberry, boysenberry, apricot or cherry jam.

You can spread the brie on a cracker like you would with butter or simply take a small slice and place it on top. Alternatively, pairing it with fruits involves taking a small bite of the brie and a bite of the fruit to enjoy the flavors together.