Baked Brie with Fig Jam & Caramelized Onion

Topped with a savory and candy mixture of fig jam and caramelized onion, this baked brie is wealthy but refreshing and is certain to be a success at any vacation social gathering.

We’re all concerning the appetizers at our home! Particularly simple appetizers. We love bacon wrapped dates, candy potato puffs, twisted bacon and candy potato bites.

And yearly somebody brings a baked brie appetizer to our Thanksgiving feast. I assumed it was about time I create one among my very own! I did a little analysis within the Taste Bible guide and realized that onion, fig and brie are the right taste mixture. It’s a little bit candy and savory, with the most effective creamy texture.

Ingredient Notes

• Yellow onion: this candy onion selection cooks down and releases all of its pure sugars to caramelize and sweeten up this dish.
• Olive oil: we’re utilizing this to cook dinner down the onions.
• Wheel of brie: you’ll find this within the cheese part of any grocery retailer (normally by the deli). Hold studying to search out out why we maintain the rind on.
• Fig jam: you may as well discover this close to the brie, normally someplace near the specialty cheeses.

Tips on how to make baked brie with fig jam

Caramelize the onion

1. Peel the onion then minimize it in half after which skinny slices. Add the olive oil to a medium sauce pan over medium warmth. When the oil is scorching, add the onion and cook dinner, stirring incessantly for 15-20 minutes, till the onion could be very comfortable and turns a darkish amber coloration.

Assemble and bake

2. Unwrap the paper from the brie, leaving the rind on, and place it in a mini forged iron skillet or oven-safe ramaken or dish.  Minimize the brie on high in a crosshatch sample. Prime the brie with a beneficiant layer of fig jam after which the caramelized onion.
3. Bake within the preheated oven for 15-17 minutes, or till the brie is warmed right through.

Garnish and serve

4. Serve the brie heat and sprinkle it with chopped nuts or contemporary rosemary if desired. We like to make this a part of a festive cheese board encompass by crusty bread, contemporary fruit and crackers.

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Dipping choices

• Apple slices
• Grapes
• Gluten free crackers
• Gluten free bread
• Toasted and sliced baguette

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