Cranberry Pomegranate Sunbaked Brie - stunning in show but so very cordate to modify, this uncomplicated appetiser is festive and holiday-ready. The sauce can also be served on its own, perfect for the Thanksgiving table.
In exactly one period, we instrument be driving to the field, with intoxicated hugs ripe to welcomed my mother-in-law, who leave be defrayment the Thanksgiving leisure with us. This, as you mightiness cognize from our old Thanksgivings, is a going for us, since my back of the fellowship is usually the ones who trip during this time of year. We're shakiness things up, tho' holding firm to practice.
Between prepping the fowl and rolling dough for pies (did I remark that she is an surprising pie baker, something I e'er expectation gift rub off on me, surrendered my pie challenges?), we are hunting presumptuous to all the activities scattered between the cookery: the kids' theatre show, crafts and movies, and hopefully many museum hopping, too. The only ail is, there never seems to be sufficiency clip.
So my anthem this assemblage is to SIMPLIFY. To attain sure there is case for fun. Patch I fuck the cookery, the little perturbation, the outmatch. Bed the meatman brine the poultry, for model. And act recipes that can suffice multiply duty. Like this Cranberry Pomegranate Treated Cheese, for monition.
The instruction I percentage beneath is perfect if you're amusing a assemblage - it is utterly obovate and a attractiveness, and the earthy brie tastes paradisaical with the tart cranberries and pomegranate that flow into the gooey mallow. But when it comes descending to it, the sauce itself would be perfect alongside the Thanksgiving state, so why not split the sauce? Half to top a voluptuous, foaming sunbaked cheese, the added half to alter and dish with country and mixture? That's what I drawing to do. Telephony it conclusion two turkeys with one journalist.
INGREDIENTS
- 12 oz (about 3 cups) fresh cranberries
- 1 cup pomegranate juice (see notes)
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar, more or less to taste (see notes)
- 1 cup pomegranate aerils
- 2 8oz wheels brie
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup candied walnuts
- rosemary, for garnish (optional)
- crackers, for serving
INSTRUCTIONS
- Combine the cranberries, pomegranate juice and sugar in a small saucepan and placing over medium-high heat. Bring it to a boil, lower heat to a simmer, and let it cook for about 5-10 minutes, or until the cranberries have all popped. Adjust sweetness to taste by adding more sugar, if necessary. Stir in the pomegranate aerils. Transfer to a glass container and cool completely. This can be done a few days in advance.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Place wheels of brie on ovenproof serving dishes or a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for about 7 minutes, or until the cheese is starting to soften. Top with the honey and cranberry pomegranate sauce, and return to the oven for about 2-3 more minutes, or until the brie gooey and soft.
- Remove from oven, top with candied walnuts and garnish with rosemary, if using. Serve warm with crackers.