Baked Brie with Fig Crown

By á-786

Ingredients

• 4 or 5 dried figs
• 1 8 oz round Brie
• 2 tsp. mango chutney
• 1 tbsp chopped dried fruit, such as blueberries, cranberries, apricots
• 20 pean halves
• 2 tsp honey
• 2 tsp port wine
• 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
• pepper
• sliced baguette

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375. Place figs in 3/4 cup very warm water and let plump.

Slice off top of Brie rind and discard. slice Brie round in half horizontally. Set bottom half in a heatproof serving dish. spread mango cutney over bottom half of cheese. Sprinkle with chopped dried fruite, but not figs. Replace top of cheese over cutney and fruit layer.

Drain figs, pat dry and slice into 1/8 inch thick pices. Alternate figs and pecans around top of cheese. Mix together honey, port wine and vinegar and spoon over figs and pecans.

Sprinkle with pepper. Bake 10 minutes. Broil briefly to brown pecans.

Serve with sliced baguette.