Every holiday season, three wonderful friends and I get together for dinner. Sometimes we host it at someone’s house. Sometimes we go to a restaurant. This year, I hosted the dinner at my house and kept it very simple. I made one Vegetable lasagna With no-bake lasagna noodles. My friends brought cocktails, bread and salad. I took out a few bottles of wine from the closet.
The morning before dinner, I panicked a bit. I thought maybe I should have a snack before we ate the whole meal. I knew that whatever I created had to be. Easy appetizer. Then I remembered Pioneer Woman The recipe I saw just the other day: Cranberry Brie Bites. It only had four ingredients, plenty of leftovers, and with one small change to the original recipe, it only took me five minutes to prepare.
Pioneer Woman’s Cranberry Brie Cut
For her recipe, Ree Drumond rolls out Puff pastry doughcuts it into small squares, and places each square in a small muffin tin. She then fills each one with a bit of bread, canned goods or a doll. Homemade cranberry sauceand a sprinkle of pistachios. The bites are baked at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 15 minutes, cooled for five minutes, then sprinkled with optional flaky salt before serving. Although there are specific measurements for the Pioneer Woman recipe, I believe that accuracy is not very important for such a simple recipe.
For example: Despite the simplicity of the recipe, I wanted to make things. Even easier than that. So I exchanged in mini. phyllo dough cups For puff pastry, and with this one simple switch, I made a delicious starter in a fraction of the time it took to roll out the dough and cut it into small pieces.
All I had to do was place a phyllo cup on a baking sheet, add a square brie, a spoonful of cranberry sauce, and a sprinkle of pistachios—which I already had on hand. Store in the freezer– for each cup. I kept the baking directions the same, popping them in a preheated oven at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 15 minutes. Of course, I brought mine out too Flor de Sale Once they come out of the oven, sprinkle on the cups.
Optimizing this recipe worked great for me, but if you like extra guidance, you can follow our step-by-step process. Recipe for Brie Cup. And if the flaky, buttery bits of puff pastry are more up your alley, so is this This recipe Which is very similar to Pioneer Woman One.
Ideas on how to adapt this recipe
Cranberry sauce screams “Holidays!” But by switching to a jam or sauce and swapping out the nuts, this recipe can easily become a quick hors d’oeuvre that works any time of year. Here are some ideas to inspire you:
The night of the dinner, my friends and I indulged in filo cups as we sipped cocktails and sipped bubbly that paired beautifully with the food—specifically, a bottle. Dr. Constantine Frank Blanc de Blancs from the Finger Lakes wine region in New York. Getting them on the table was a breeze, these bites will definitely be my new go-to appetizer whenever I need something quick, easy and absolutely delicious.