Baked Brie with Brown Sugar and Walnuts

This recipe sounds fancy and looks impressive when made.  However, it is easy to make and is always a hit.  The warm melted brie inside a puff pastry crust allows you to serve this alone or with crackers.   The warm gooey brie melts into the brown sugar and nuts to make a sweet and savory dish.

Ingredients:

1 Puff pastry sheet, defrosted
1/2 cup walnuts, whole
1 8 oz. brie wheel
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 egg

Here's how:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Place some flour on the counter and put the puff pastry on top.  Roll it out to remove the creases and make it just 2 inches larger.

Rolled out pastry

Place the walnuts in a dry pan on medium heat.  Toast for about 5 minutes, do not burn.

Remove the nuts from the pan and chop them.

Slice the brie wheel horizontally.  Open it like a sandwich.

The brie wheel

Cut in half

Place the brown sugar on top of the inside of one of the pieces and spread evenly.

Brown sugar added

Place the nuts on top of the brown sugar and spread evenly.

Nuts added

Sprinkle the cinnamon on top of the nuts.

Cinnamon added

Place the top half of the wheel on the mixture, like you are putting it back together.

Closed up

Place the brie in the middle of the puff pastry sheet.

Scramble the egg in a small bowl and add 1 TBS of water, to create an egg wash.

Ready to scramble

Close up the puff pastry using the egg wash as the glue to hold the puff pastry to itself.  Close up all the sides.

Half closed, with the egg as glue

All closed on the bottom

Turn the pastry over to make the seam on the bottom.

Place it on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper.

Egg wash the entire pastry. 

Pastry egg washed

Bake for 30 minutes, until the pastry is light brown all around.

Remove and serve.