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How to bake brie

Name: How to bake brie
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4 as a starter
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 brie with rind, in a box; handful chopped fresh herbs, such as chives thyme or parsley, or a mixture; pitta crisps

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Serves 4 as a starter

Easy

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 15 mins

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Make this gourmet blue cheese dip for a speedy festive starter, topped with fragrant herbs. This baked brie is ridiculously simple and ready in just 20 minutes.

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Ingredients

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1 brie

with rind, in a box
handful chopped fresh herbs, such as chives

thyme or parsley, or a mixture
pitta crisps

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal183
fat14g
saturates9g
carbs1g
sugars0g
fibre1g
protein14g
salt0.96g

low

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Remove the cheese from the box and discard any wrapping, then put the cheese back in the box. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 15 mins.
step 2

Remove from the oven and take off the lid. Cut a large cross through the top of the cheese, then peel back the quarters of rind. Scatter over chopped herbs and serve with pitta crisps or breadsticks.

What is brie?

Brie is a soft cow’s milk cheese with a pale white rind. It’s traditionally made in Brie, France, where it gets its name, and it has a mild, creamy flavour that’s quite delicate and fresh.

Brie serving suggestions

While it's a great addition to a cheeseboard with crackers, when bought whole in a round, it can be baked and shared. Like camembert, brie can be cooked in the oven until the middle is melting and oozy, perfect for dunking in toasts, pitta crisps (see recipe below) or veg crudités. In fact, recipes for baked camembert are interchangeable with brie, but make sure you use a whole cheese, rather than a wedge – the rind is what keeps the cheese from running out when baked.

For a real showstopping starter, you could even bake a wheel into a loaf of bread, or use it to make an indulgent fondue. Get even more cheesy inspiration with our best ever collection of brie recipes and a helpful guide on how to bake camembert.

To make pitta crisps for dunking in brie:

Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Mix together 1 crushed garlic clove and 2 tbsp olive oil. Cut 4 pitta breads into strips, place on a baking sheet and drizzle over garlicky oil. Turn to coat well, season and bake for 5 minutes until lightly browned and crisp.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2005

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