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French Baked Brie Recipe with Figs, Walnuts and Pistachios

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baked brie recipe with fig, walnuts, and pistachios

Are you an 11th-hour party hostess? If so, I have the best express appetizer for you today!  Get your oven ready for this French baked brie recipe with figs, walnuts and pistachios.


Appetizers, starters, hors d’oeuvres, or whatever you want to call them, are such an important part of any gathering.  They provide the “welcome” and set the stage for what comes next.  I found that appetizers, particularly dips, have a way of bringing people together at the kitchen counter. Don’t they? As a hostess, I don’t mind that. I love having everyone meet up around my kitchen island while I finish my work. I love to hear people catch up on life while they dig into the hummus or a warm baked brie like we have here today.

baked brie recipe with fig, walnuts, and pistachios

This baked brie with jam, figs, walnuts and pistachios is a great last-minute dip or appetizer. 15 minutes is all it takes. And it is nothing short of impressive! It is the perfect sweet, nutty, cheesy, and super gooey goodness. A party show-stopper!

baked brie recipe with fig, walnuts, and pistachios

Step-by-step Instructions for baked brie recipe

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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Place the fig jam/preserves in a microwave-safe dish. Microwave for 30 seconds to soften.

In a small bowl, combine the sliced dried figs with the nuts.

baked brie recipe with fig, walnuts, and pistachios

Add half of the fig jam and mix well to coat the nut mixture.

baked brie recipe with fig, walnuts, and pistachios

Place the round of brie in a small cast iron skillet or oven-safe dish. Using a knife, coat the brie with the remainder of the jam.

baked brie recipe with fig, walnuts, and pistachios

Top the brie with the fig and nut mixture.

baked brie recipe with fig, walnuts, and pistachios

Place the brie dish on a baking sheet. Bake in 375 degree F-heated oven for 10 minutes (or until brie starts to ooze, but not melt)
Serve warm with your favorite crackers!

baked brie recipe with fig, walnuts, and pistachios

baked brie recipe with fig, walnuts, and pistachios

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A French Baked Brie Recipe with Figs, Walnuts and Pistachios

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  • Author: The Mediterranean Dish
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 6-8
  • Category: Appetizer
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Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp fig jam or preserves, divided
  • 1/3 cup dried mission figs, sliced
  • 1/3 cup shelled pistachios, roughly chopped
  • 1/3 cup walnut hearts, roughly chopped
  • 13-oz French brie

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Place the fig jam/preserves in a microwave-safe dish. Microwave for 30 seconds to soften.
  3. In a small bowl, combine the sliced dried figs with the nuts. Add half of the fig jam and mix well to coat the nut mixture.
  4. Place the round of brie in a small cast iron skillet or oven-safe dish. Using a knife, coat the brie with the remainder of the jam.
  5. Top the brie with the fig and nut mixture.
  6. Place the brie dish on a baking sheet. Bake in 375 degree F-heated oven for 10 minutes (or until brie starts to ooze, but not melt).
  7. Serve warm with your favorite crackers!

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  5. Glad to find this recipe! I can’t wait to try it.
    I know I will not be able to find figs in my country, what is the best substitute? Thanks

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    • Hi Marielou! Thanks so much for stopping in. My apologies, I am not always able to get to questions on a daily basis. If you can’t find dried figs, you can use any dried fruit of your choice…dates, raisins, dried cranberries, or apricots. Enjoy!

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  6. I made this recipe on Christmas Eve. It was absolutely delicious! I could not find dried figs so I chopped up dates. This recipe is definitely a keeper. ?

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  7. Made this to bring to my sister-in-laws for Christmas celebration and everyone loved it and wanted the recipe!! Not only do your pictures look delicious, the baked brie did as well !!!

    Glad I found this as I will be making it again and again !

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  10. I do a version of this but I use apricot preserves (sadly, no fig preserves in rural Wisconsin!), and I drizzle it with homemade clover honey. Sometimes I’ll wrap it with puff pastry, sometimes not. ALWAYS delish!!! Used pecans in the past but *pistachios* are my favorite; gonna swap those in from now on! YUM!!! This will be on the holiday table!

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    • Hi Julie! I tend to like plain crackers, or you can use crackers with some grain in them. Or even take a French baguette and cut into small slices and toast. Those crostini work great here too.

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  13. I made this yesterday for a “Brews and Chews” afternoon with friends. It was delicious and so easy!

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  16. I made this recipe for my daughts naby shower and everyone loved it. I was wondering what exactly are walnut hearts. The picture looks like your walnuts have a red skin! I made it with walnuts and it was fantastic but it wasn’t as colorful as your. Thanks

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  18. This was a hit! Made two of these for a wedding anniversary gathering and was gone in no time. I wonder where you go the walnuts with red-colored skins which gives the appetizer a pop of color? And did you use roasted/salted pistachios? I did and gave it a nice sweet & salty twist. Very nice recipe. Thank you!! Fernando

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  19. This looks lovely! I’ve made several versions of baked brie (current favorite being homemade pear preserves and praline pecans with a grind of fresh pepper), but recently ran across a baked brie recipe with a different technique that changed everything for me: They cut off the top rind (left about 1/4″ all around so that a little pool was created. Then they topped the brie with goodies and baked. Makes a HUGE difference!

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  23. Suzy, this is the best! I hadn’t made it before and took it to a cocktail party a couple weeks ago and it was the gone in 10 minutes. This will become my new recipe when I need to take a dish to someone’s house!

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    • Karen, I am so so glad you liked this baked brie! It’s a go-to for me as well. So special, yet simple to put together. Happy 2016! Can’t wait to hear what more you’ll be cookin!

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  25. The prettiest baked Brie EVER! I am making it (except I already have the toasted almond slivers!) and hope it looks as gorgeous as yours! Bravo, a real scene stealer!
    Lauren

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    • question, do you think it would do as well if I cut off the top? I usually do that with all my baked bries. Yours is simply the loveliest to look at
      and I can’t wait to make it!!!

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      • I have always kept the top (rind) on. But some do remove it. In that case, I think you might need to place it in a deeper dish or ramekin, and it won’t need as much time in the oven. If you keep the top on, you can make a small cut through it after it bakes, that allows people to dig in…people will avoid the rind if they don’t usually like it. It’s really personal preference.

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  26. If this sits out and starts to harden can you just throw it back in the oven to soften again or put it in the microwave for a few seconds?

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    • Hey Courtney, from my experience, this Brie will not harden. It will cool off but will still be soft on the inside. I have not re-heated it in the past, but I would imagine you could reheat it ever so briefly, you don’t want the figs and nuts to get burned.

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  27. just made this bakes Brie recipe for a French themed dinner party. What a perfect appetizer!

    It was a hit with everyone. We used almonds instead of walnuts, and exchanged the dry figs for chopped dates. The fruit and nut mixture is so good by itself; it would make a great ice cream topper.

    The next we go to the big warehouse store a giant wheel of Brie is coming home with us to make this dish again.

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  37. Hey Amanda, great question. I used dried mission figs from whole foods, the bulk area. The nuts and brie are quite available at all the places you mentioned. I bought mine at costco, the brie was for less than $6.00. And it was excellent. If you are comfortable, you could always tweak ingredients to what’s available. Like use dried cranberries instead of figs. Honey or a different jam instead of fig preseves. Hope this helps:-)

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  39. This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. I planned on making baked brie, but was trying to figure a way to jazz it beyond the traditional puff pastry/ regular jam recipe. Thanks for saving the day!

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