Progressive Dinner: Brie

Pastry-Wrapped Cranberry Brie

A flaky crescent roll crust encases creamy brie and tart cranberry sauce. It's an easy yet impressive appetizer.

Prep Time: 20 Min

Total Time: 1 Hr 20 Min

Makes: 12

INGREDIENTS:

1

can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls

1

round (8 oz) Brie cheese (do not use triple crème Brie)

3

tablespoons whole berry cranberry sauce

1

tablespoon apricot preserves

1/2

teaspoon dried rosemary leaves, crushed

2

ripe medium unpeeled pears, thinly sliced

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DIRECTIONS:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Unroll dough and separate crosswise into 2 sections. Press dough into 2 (7-inch) squares, firmly pressing perforations to seal.
• Cut cheese round horizontally to make 2 rounds. Place 1 cheese round, rind side down, on center of 1 dough square. (Do not remove rind from cheese.) In small bowl, mix cranberry sauce and preserves. Spread over top of cheese; sprinkle with rosemary. Top with remaining cheese round, rind side up.
• With small cookie or canapé cutter or sharp knife, make 1/2- to 1-inch cutouts to look like poinsettia petals from each corner of remaining dough square. Roll 3 small pieces of dough into 3 small balls; set cutouts and dough balls aside. Place remaining dough on top of cheese round. Press dough evenly around cheese, folding top edges over bottom edges; press to seal completely. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• On 7-inch square sheet of foil, arrange dough petals to look like a poinsettia. Place balls in center on top of arranged petals. Lift foil square with poinsettia and place on cookie sheet next to wrapped cheese.
• Bake poinsettia 8 to 11 minutes or until light golden brown around edges. Lift with foil from cookie sheet; cool. Continue baking wrapped cheese 25 to 30 minutes longer or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet; place on serving plate. Place poinsettia on top of wrapped cheese. Let stand 15 minutes before serving. Serve warm with pears.

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft):

No change.

Nutritional Information:

1 Serving (1 Serving)

• Calories 160
• (Calories from Fat 80),

• Total Fat 9g
• (Saturated Fat 4 1/2g,
• Trans Fat 1g),
• Cholesterol 20mg;
• Sodium 270mg;
• Total Carbohydrate 15g
• (Dietary Fiber 1g,
• Sugars 7g),
• Protein 5g;

Percent Daily Value*:

• Calcium ;

Exchanges:

• 1/2 Starch;
• 0 Fruit;
• 1/2 Other Carbohydrate;
• 0 Skim Milk;
• 0 Low-Fat Milk;
• 0 Milk;
• 0 Vegetable;
• 0 Very Lean Meat;
• 0 Lean Meat;
• 1/2 High-Fat Meat;
• 1 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

• 1;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.