Baked Brie With Roasted Garlic And Sun Dried Tomatoes Recipe
- 1 whl head garlic
- 1 sprg fresh rosemary
- 1 tsp Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 x Round, (12-oz) of brie cheese
- 3/4 c. Sun-dry tomatoes packed in oil, liquid removed and cut into thin strips
- 1/3 c. Pine nuts
- 3 Tbsp. Finely shredded fresh basil Crostini, (toasted slices of good bread which have been brushed with a little extra virgin olive oil before toasting) or possibly apple slices Imported green and black olives Sprigs of fresh basil or possibly rosemary
- Cook's note: If you can only find small, 4-oz disks of brie, push 3 small wheels next to one another.
- Advance preparation: Garlic can be roasted several days in advance and stored, airtight, in the refrigerator.
- You can assemble the brie with the garlic, tomatoes and pine nuts a day in advance and store, airtight, in the refrigerator.
- Preliminaries: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- 1.
- Cut off 1/4 inch of pointed end of head of garlic (save small pcs for another recipe).
- Place cut side up in a piece of aluminum foil.
- Place rosemary on top.
- Bring sides of foil up to make a deep bowl, but don't enclose garlic completely.
- Pour extra virgin olive oil over top of garlic.
- Bake for 40-45 min in preheated oven.
- Cold.
- 2.
- Squeeze garlic so which the cloves pop out of their papery jackets.
- They should be creamy.
- Smash them and spread on top of brie (including some of the rosemary).
- Place brie in ovenproof dish.
- Top with tomatoes and pine nuts.
- Increase oven temperature to 400 degrees.
- 3.
- Bake brie till hot and softened, about 13-18 min.
- If topping is getting too browned, cover loosely with aluminum foil during last portion of baking.
- 4.
- Sprinkle slivers of fresh basil on top.
- Surround with crostini and/or possibly apple slices.
- Garnish with sprigs of fresh herbs and, if using, liquid removed imported olives.
- Provide a spreading knife.
- Yield: 24 servings
garlic, rosemary, olive oil, brie cheese, tomatoes, nuts, fresh basil crostini
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/baked-brie-with-roasted-garlic-and-sun-dried-tomatoes-74106 (may not work)