Bread Bowl Baked Brie

This super easy, insanely delicious baked brie is the perfect start to your holiday feasting!

With just a few simple ingredients, you can easily whip up this masterful centrepiece to start your holiday meal off right. You’ll have your guests dreaming of this luscious pull-apart bread bowl. Full of ooey-gooey double cream brie, topped with tart cranberry sauce and crunchy nuts, this will surely be the talk of the feast! Dip, dip, dip away!

Step 1

Prepare your Ingredients.

1 small country-style round loaf. You’ll want something about the same size as the wheel of cheese you will use.

1 cup cranberry sauce either purchased or homemade. If purchased use one that isn’t too gelatinous, more like a sauce. Click here for a good sauce.

1 wheel (13.4 oz) double cream Brie. I used the double cream French imported Brie D’Isigny from Normandy. It’s available at Costco Canada.

1 teaspoon rosemary, fresh or dried, roughly chopped.

100 g mixed nuts. I used my own Signature Blend maple candied nuts, available here.

Step 2

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.

Line a round baking dish with parchment paper.

Step 3

Remove the top of the bread loaf, about one inch down from the top so the cheese wheel will fit.

Step 4

Using the cheese packaging as a guide, cut a round into the bread and remove the innards. Only remove the same amount as the cheese, about 2 inches.

Cut the leftover bread into fingers for serving later.

Step 5

Slice down the sides of the loaf to make petals. Cut down while not cutting all the way through to the base.

Step 6

Place the prepared loaf into the lined baking dish.

Step 7

Carefully remove the top peel of the cheese. Try to not remove any of the cheese, only the peel.

Step 8

Spoon half a cup of cranberry sauce into the base of the loaf, spreading it evenly.

Step 9

Press the wheel of brie, cut side up, into the loaf, on top of the cranberry sauce.

Step 10

Spoon the remaining cranberry sauce over the brie and spread to cover.

Step 11

Sprinkle the cheese with rosemary.

Step 12

Roughly chop the nuts.

Step 13

Bake for 20 - 25 minutes until cheese is melted and gooey. Check the brie half-way through and if nuts are browning too fast, cover with a piece of foil.

Step 14

Arrange leftover bread on a baking sheet with parchment paper and bake for 15 minutes until warm and slightly crusty.

Serve!

Serve piping hot, with the remaining toasted bread and dip, dip, dip away…

This recipe serves anywhere for 6-10 people depending on portion sizes. Only you know your guests!