Chrissy's Baked Brie

"My friend Chrissy is famous for this Baked Brie. I made it for the first time this year at Thanksgiving and it was a huge hit."
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
12-15
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ingredients

  • 1 (5 inch) diameter brie round
  • 12 cup butter, yes real butter
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 medium white onion
  • 2 (8 ounce) packages crescent rolls
  • 4 tablespoons jam, I like apricot
  • crackers or French bread, for serving
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directions

  • Saute 1 stick of butter in a pan with 1 medium white onion sliced into thin slivers.
  • Add sugar by the tablespoon to caramelize once onion gets rolling (starts to get cooked, etc.) I likely add 3 tablespoons and sometimes a bit more butter to get a good consistency, a bit sticky, not too thin.
  • Add walnuts as you caramelize.
  • Layer deeper pie pan or circle dutch oven with Crescent rolls. (To make a sheet to wrap up the brie later). I normally buy another package of crescent rolls to have 4 more triangles to work with to make it look pretty.
  • Cut brie circle in half across the circle so that you get two circles.
  • Place bottom circle on crescent roll layer, spread raspberry/strawberry/apricot jam to cover circle, then half of caramelized walnut/onion mixture.
  • Place second brie circle and layer again.
  • Pull triangle folds over brie/jam/onion layers to create a pie look.
  • Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 25 minutes at least.
  • Crescent roll should turn golden brown and brie inside should get gooey (might even burst out but that's ok and very tasty!).
  • Serve over big & sturdy crackers or french bread -- Enjoy!

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Reviews

  1. This was fantastic! Everybody who tasted it couldn't stop eating it. I used apricot fruit spread, which was matched perfectly with the caramelized onions. Because of the crescent roll shell, I did not serve this with crackers, but sliced it. The shell held up well, holding the gooey goodness inside. Even after sitting out for a while and not being as warm as when it came out of the oven, the slices were still delicious! I will definitely be making this again. Thanks for posting. Made for Spring PAC 2009.
     
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