Baked Brie with Brandy
A simple, yet elegant starter that's perfect for any dinner party. Brie is baked in a brandy and tarragon sauce with almonds and mushrooms. Serve with crusty bread, crostini or crackers.
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 30g butter
- 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
- 2 tablespoons flaked almonds
- 3/4 (300g) tin chopped mushrooms, drained
- 1 tablespoon brandy
- 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
- 225g wedge Brie cheese, rind removed
Method
Prep:10min ›
Cook:20min ›
Ready in:30min
- Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.
- Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Mix in garlic and almonds, heating until almonds are lightly browned. Stir in mushrooms and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Cover with brandy and sprinkle with tarragon.
- Place Brie in a small baking dish. Pour the mushroom and brandy mixture over Brie. Bake in the preheated oven 20 minutes or until bubbly.
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Reviews & ratings
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Reviews in English (38)
An easy recipe and good starter, unfortunately I served it with too much toasted bread and didn't leave it in the oven long enough for all the cheese to melt but it was still very enjoyable. Next time I want to try it with Applewood cheese. - 03 Oct 2013
Very elegant recipe, appropriate for fancy dinner parties. I had difficulty removing the brie coating, but the mix of flavors was superb and worth the effort. I used fresh mushrooms without a problem, and also substituted apple jack flavored brandy. Be careful not to burn the almonds when toasting - they brown quickly if left on a high heat. - 16 Dec 2002 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
Wonderful but next time I will use less or no butter since the oil from the cheese plus the butter makes it very oily. Flavor is wonderful! I will make it again! - 31 Mar 2003 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)