Prosciutto Wrapped Baked Brie in Pastry.

Prosciutto Wrapped Baked Brie in Pastry, the holiday appetizer we all want the most this holiday season. It’s quick, easy, and incredibly delicious. Store-bought puff pastry wrapped around a wheel of creamy brie cheese that’s topped with honey, then wrapped in prosciutto. It’s then baked until deeply golden on the outside and melty inside. A deliciously popular appetizer that’s perfect for holiday entertaining and always a crowd favorite!

Ingredients:

• wheel of brie cheese
• honey
• fig preserves
• fresh thyme leaves
• frozen puff pastry
• thin prosciutto
• eggs
• sugar

What you will need in the kitchen:

• Parchment paper 
• Baking sheet 
• Knife 

To be honest, I feel like this recipe really just speaks for itself. Is there anything better than baked Brie over the holidays? I love a wheel of baked brie, especially one wrapped in flaky pastry (how could you not?).

Brie around the holidays has been a tradition for my family for as long as I can remember. It’s an appetizer my Nonnie would make every single Christmas for her yearly Christmas party. She’d actually do multiple wheels since oftentimes her parties had as many as 30 family members. They were big, but our family is big!

Anyway, she was a pro at baked brie, I would say it was one of her signature appetizers. Ever since then I too serve some type of Brie for Christmas. It’s always been a forite of my mom’s as well.

This brie is special, as all Christmas recipes should be. And it might just be my favorite baked brie yet. It’s the prosciutto that makes all the difference.

The crispy, salty prosciutto with honey and melty brie, surrounded by pastry. Heavenly.

Details

Nonnie knew that appetizers needed to be simple, so store-bought puff pastry was a must.

Unwrap the brie, then sit it on top of the pastry. Take a pairing knife and cut into the brie making a cross-hatch pattern. From here, I top the brie with a couple tablespoons of fig preserves (I get mine at Whole Foods) and honey. Then thyme and lots of black pepper.

If you don’t have any fig preserves, that’s totally fine, just use honey. I LOVE the preserves with the cheese and prosciutto, but using all honey it’s such a wonderfully savory, sweet, and salty combination. So really, either works great.

Now take thin slices of prosciutto and drape them over the brie, tucking the ends of the prosciutto underneath the Brie so it’s “wrapped”.

Then wrap the brie up in the pastry, brush the pastry with a beaten egg, and add a sprinkle of coarse sugar. This step isn’t needed, but it makes the pastry really sparkle. It’s fun for the holidays and adds a nice deliciousness too.

Then just throw the brie in the oven, and done.

When the brie comes out of the oven, serve it immediately along with your favorite crackers. It’s hard to describe just how good this really is. The prosciutto really adds a savory, saltiness that pairs so well with the rich brie. And the honey just sweetens the deal.

I suggest doing as my Nonnie would do and make a few rounds for everyone to enjoy. It will be the most popular app on the table!