Baked Brie with Maple Fig Sauce and Pecans

I had a wine and appetizer night on Friday night. I made lots of different appetizers and decided that I would share this one with you. A very good friend of mine made up this baked brie and it is by far the best version of this dish I've ever had. Sweet, salty, gooey and crunchy, it is awesome! It also goes really well with red wine.

Here's what you'll need:

• 1 medium-sized round of brie
• 1/2 bottle of PC Memories of Tuscany balsamic vinegar and fig sauce
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• salt and pepper to taste
• 100g pecan halves (the small bags in the baking aisle)

1. In a small bowl, combine the fig sauce, syrup, balsamic, salt and pepper.

2. Place the brie in oven proof dish. The dish should only be a little bigger than the brie. If you use a bigger dish, the sauce will burn before the cheese melts

Ingredients

3. Pour the sauce over the brie, making sure it covers the cheese completely.

4. Sprinkle the pecans over the top of the cheese.

5. Place this in an oven heated to 400* F for 20-30 minutes, or until the cheese oozes out of its casing when poked.

6. Allow to cool a bit and serve with crackers. I always use a spoon to scoop this onto the crackers rather than a cheese knife. I used Melba Rounds  sesame crackers and found they went really well with the cheese.


Enjoy!