Delicious Dessert
Brie Canapes with Pecans on Fruit
This delicious dessert will be a favourite at your next get together. It can also be used as a substitution for the traditional cheese plate served at the end of a meal.
Preparation Time:
5 Minutes
Ingredients:
| 1/2 lb | Canadian Brie, cut into 12 pieces | 200 g |
| 1 1/2 tbsp | unsalted butter | 22 mL |
| 1/4 cup | Graham craker crumbs or dry cookies, crumbled | 60 mL |
| 3 tbsp | brown sugar, lightly packed | 45 mL |
| 1 pinch | ground ginger | |
| 1 pinch | ground nutmeg | |
| 1 | egg, beaten | |
| 12 | slices of fig or other fruit (apple, pear, strawberry, apricot, etc.) |
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 425F (210C).
Melt the butter in a bowl in the microwave oven. Stir in the cookie crumbs, pecans, brown sugar and spices.
Dip the Brie pieces into the beaten egg and then coat with the cookie crumb mixture. Lay the Brie pieces on the fruit slices.
Place the canapes on a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake on the centre oven rack for 4 minutes or until the cheese is slightly melted and the cookie crumbs are lightly golden and crispy. Serve immediately.
Tip:
For variety, place the Brie in greased ramekins, top with the cookie crumb mixture and bake in the oven until the cookie crumbs are golden and crispy and the cheese is melted.
Credit: Dairy Farmers of Canada (www.dairygoodness.ca)