Easy Cranberry Baked Brie with Thyme

Easy Cranberry Baked Brie is a creamy, gooey, runny-centered baked brie topped with cranberry sauce, roasted pecans and thyme. Try this super simple, delicious 15-minute vegetarian holiday appetizer for your next feast, party, or evening at home.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine French

Cook Time 15

Total Time 15

Servings servings

Calories 282kcal

Author Elena Szeliga

Ingredients

For the cranberry sauce:

1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 cup lingonberries/cranberries
2 sprigs thyme
1 tablespoon lemon juice
a pinch of nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon lemon zest optional
honey to taste

For the baked brie:

9 oz or 250 grams brie wheel
a handful pecans roasted
1 tablespoon honey
3 sprigs thyme to garnish
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
crusty baguette or ciabatta bread to serve

Instructions

For the cranberry sauce:

In a small saucepan bring water with brown sugar to a boil over medium heat. Add the berries and thyme sprigs and cook until the berries burst open, for about 5 minutes, stirring often. Crush the unburst berries with a potato masher. Discard the thyme sprigs. Add the spices, lemon juice and zest and honey if the sauce is too sour for your taste.

For the baked brie:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F or 180 C, remove all the plastic packaging from the brie and place the brie wheel into a wooden box it comes with. Bake for 15 minutes.
Top the baked brie with cranberry sauce, roasted pecans and drizzle with honey. Decorate with thyme sprigs. Add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Enjoy with crusty baguette or ciabatta bread!

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Notes

Lingonberries are not only delicious, they also have so many health benefits that they are considered a new superfood! It makes them worth to try if you haven't yet.

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