Easy Baked Brie in Bread with Sage
This Easy Baked Brie in Bread with Sage is an absolutely divine dish that is perfect for entertaining. It looks great, it tastes absolutely delicious, even for non-brie lovers. Hardly any preparation, and no cleaning up, because this will be eaten until the last crumb. You may need to have a second and a third standing by when you're hosting a party.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces round sourdough bread small round boule
- 8 ounces Brie cheese
- 1.5 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon sage
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cut the top off the bread and place the cheese on the bread, so you know how much to cut out of the center of the bread out. Peel out just enough that you can fit the cheese into it snug. Whatever comes out of the bread can be used for dipping, toasted or not.
- Sprinkle the inside of the bread with a little bit of olive oil.
- Cut the rind off the cheese, as thin as you can as you don't want to throw away any cheese. Cut the top and the sides; no need to cut the bottom rind off. Place the cheese in the hole of the bread
- Chop a few leaves of sage, sprinkle over the top of the cheese as well as a little bit of black pepper. Replace top of bread
- Wrap the entire bread in aluminum foil and place it in the oven for 15-30 minutes.
- Unwrap the bread and heat the oven to 450 degrees F and bake the bread, uncovered, for another 5-10 minutes.
Notes
Alternative flavors are
- Cranberry and pecan: Sprinkle dried cranberries and chopped pecans over the melted brie cheese when it comes out of the oven.
- Fig and balsamic vinegar: add sliced figs or fig jam and drizzle with balsamic vinegar, when the bread comes out of the oven.
- Caramelized onion and bacon: saute chopped onions and bacon until caramelized. Add after baking preserves the caramelized flavor.
- Any type of fruity jam: strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, blueberry, or peach jam. Bake with the bread.
- Garlic: roasted or minced. Bake with the bread.
Nutrition
Calories: 784kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 36gFat: 45gSaturated Fat: 22gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 1396mgFiber: 3gSugar: 6g