Spiced Cranberry Brie Bites

Servings

24 bites

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

What makes them addictive: The combo of buttery pastry, creamy melted brie, intensely concentrated cranberry, and bloomed herbal notes from the toasted Herbes de Provence. Every element is optimized for maximum flavor impact.

Spiced Cranberry Brie Bites

Ingredients

  • 2 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed
  • 8 oz wheel of brie, cut into 24 small cubes (freeze for 30 min before using)
  • ¾ cup whole berry cranberry sauce (homemade or canned)
  • 2 tsp Herbes de Provence
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 2 tbsp butter, melted (divided)
  • ¼ cup chopped pecans (optional, but recommended)
  • Flaky sea salt for finishing

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Grease a mini muffin tin. Freeze brie cubes for 30 minutes (can be done ahead).

  2. Make the cranberry filling: In a small saucepan, simmer cranberry sauce and honey over medium heat for 3-4 minutes until thickened to jam consistency. Meanwhile, toast Herbes de Provence in a dry pan for 30 seconds until fragrant. Stir herbs into cranberry mixture and let cool.

  3. Prep the pastry: Roll out puff pastry sheets slightly and cut each into 12 squares (24 total). Press each square into a mini muffin cup, letting corners stick up rustic-style. Brush each cup lightly with melted butter (use 1 tbsp).

  4. Prep pecans (optional): Toss chopped pecans with remaining 1 tbsp melted butter.

  5. Assemble: Place one frozen brie cube in each pastry cup. Top with a generous teaspoon of the cooled cranberry mixture. Sprinkle with buttered pecans if using.

  6. Bake: 15-17 minutes until pastry is deeply golden and puffed, and brie is melted and bubbly but hasn't leaked out.

  7. Finish: Remove from oven, let cool 3 minutes in pan. Pop out carefully. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt.

  8. Serve warm and watch them vanish.

Featured Ingredient:

All of our products are certified organic, gluten-free and tested for heavy-metals. We grind premium quality spices in small batches to offer the best possible flavors.

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Why use Herbes Provencal from Smith and Truslow?

Our Organic Herbes Provencal uses only the highest quality ingredients and is one of our most popular blends. It has a fragrant and savory flavor profile that elevates grilled meats and seafood, roasted vegetables, and soups and stews. As with all our blends, we only use organic, gluten free, kosher and heavy metal tested ingredients.  There are no additives, so the flavor of our pure ingredients shines through.



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