Why I Love This Vacation Appetizer

This Pear Brie Puff Pastry Tart has all of it. It’s the proper appetizer for any vacation get together or gathering! It’s all the time a crowd pleaser!

• Savory: The melty brie provides a creamy, mildly tangy, and wealthy base taste.
• Candy: The pears carry a juicy sweetness that balances the richness of the brie. I additionally add candy pomegranate arils for a pop of shade and a drizzle of sizzling honey!
• Crunchy & Flaky: The puff pastry gives a crisp texture that contrasts fantastically with the buttery brie and tender pear filling. The pistachios additionally add a slight salty crunch.
• Simple to Make: I take advantage of retailer purchased puff pastry so this appetizer is so easy! It’s straightforward to assemble and solely wants about 20 minutes within the oven.
• Lovely to Serve: As soon as baked, the tart has a gorgeous golden-brown shade, with the cheese effervescent up across the pear slices. It’s garnished with contemporary rosemary, pomegranate arils, chopped pistachios, and a drizzle of sizzling honey (or common honey). It’s elegant, festive, and nearly too fairly to eat.

How you can Make Pear Brie Puff Pastry Tart

Scroll all the way down to the recipe card for record of elements and directions!

• Preheat the oven. Take away the shop purchased puff pastry from the fridge. Hold it within the field and permit it to relaxation at room temperature for half-hour so it’s simpler to roll out. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and put aside.
• Unwrap the thawed puff pastry and take away the paper. Frivolously flour the pastry and use a rolling pin to softly roll out the puff pastry on a evenly floured clear work floor. Rigorously switch the puff pastry to the ready baking sheet.

• Poke the within of the puff pastry throughout with a fork. Docking will stop the puff pastry from puffing up an excessive amount of within the oven.

• Reduce the brie into skinny slices, you will have an 8 oz wheel of brie. You don’t need to take away the rind on Brie cheese, it’s edible. If it don’t benefit from the texture or style, you possibly can take away it.
• Organize the brie slices on high of the puff pastry in a fair layer, leaving a couple of 1-inch border across the exterior.
• Reduce the pears into slices. I don’t peel them as a result of I like the colour of the pores and skin. You should use Bosc, Anjou, Bartlett, or Comice pears.

• Organize the pear slices on high of the brie in a sample. It doesn’t need to be something too fancy, simply ensure the brie is totally lined.
• Fold within the edges of the puff pastry sheet and gently press down.
• Make an egg wash. In a small bowl, mix the egg and water. Brush the perimeters of the puff pastry with the egg wash. The egg wash offers the puff pastry a gorgeous, golden-brown shade and helps it crisp up within the oven.
• Sprinkle with turbinado sugar. I like to complete the pastry with turbinado sugar earlier than baking to provide the tart a candy sugary crunch.

• Bake till puff pastry is golden brown, this can take about 20 minutes.
• Garnish! Sprinkle with a little bit rosemary, pomegranate arils, and chopped pistachios. Drizzle with sizzling honey for a candy and spicy end! You may also use common honey.
• Reduce into slices, serve, and luxuriate in!

Methods to Customise the Tart

• Fruit: As an alternative of pear slices, you need to use thinly sliced apple slices.
• Preserves: You may brush the brie evenly together with your favourite preserves. Apricot, fig, or raspberry can be nice.
• Herbs: Contemporary thyme can be a pleasant addition!
• Nuts: As an alternative of pistachios use chopped candied pecans, pecans, walnuts, or almonds.
• Balsamic Glaze: As an alternative of honey, you possibly can drizzle the tart with balsamic glaze.

Extra Vacation Appetizers

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Pear Brie Puff Pastry Tart

This straightforward puff pastry tart with melty brie, candy pears, pomegranate, pistachios, rosemary, and a drizzle of honey is the proper appetizer for vacation events!

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• 1 frozen puff pastry, thawed in a single day within the fridge
• 8 oz brie, minimize into skinny slices and halved
• 2 ripe pears, thinly sliced (Bosc, Anjou, Bartlett, or Comice)
• 1 massive egg
• 1 tablespoon water
• Turbinado sugar, for sprinkling
• A number of pinches of finely chopped contemporary rosemary, for garnish
• 2 tablespoons Pomegranate arils, for garnish
• 2 tablespoons chopped pistachios, for garnish
• Sizzling honey or honey, for drizzling

• Preheat the oven to 400 levels F. Take away the puff pastry from the fridge, maintain it within the field and permit it to relaxation at room temperature for half-hour. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and put aside.

• Frivolously flour a clear work floor. Unwrap the thawed puff pastry and take away the paper. Frivolously flour the pastry and use a rolling pin to softly roll out the puff pastry. Rigorously switch the puff pastry to the ready baking sheet.

• Poke the within of the puff pastry throughout with a fork. Organize the brie slices on high of the puff pastry in a fair layer, leaving a couple of 1-inch border across the exterior. Organize the pear slices on high of the brie in a sample.

• Fold within the edges of the puff pastry sheet and gently press down.

• In a small bowl, mix the egg and water. Brush the perimeters of the puff pastry with the egg wash. Sprinkle the pastry edges generously with turbinado sugar.

• Bake for 17 to twenty minutes or till puff pastry is golden brown. Take away from the oven and sprinkle with a little bit rosemary, pomegranate arils, and chopped pistachios. Drizzle with sizzling honey (or common honey). Reduce into slices and serve.

Use a sheet of retailer purchased frozen puff pastry, Pepperidge Farm is a well-liked model. Thaw in a single day within the fridge. 
The tart is finest the day it’s made, however you possibly can retailer leftovers within the an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 2 days. Reheat within the microwave or oven till warmed. 

Energy: 248kcal, Carbohydrates: 18g, Protein: 8g, Fats: 17g, Saturated Fats: 7g, Polyunsaturated Fats: 2g, Monounsaturated Fats: 8g, Trans Fats: 0.002g, Ldl cholesterol: 39mg, Sodium: 210mg, Potassium: 119mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 4g, Vitamin A: 173IU, Vitamin C: 2mg, Calcium: 52mg, Iron: 1mg

Key phrases brie, honey, pear, puff pastry

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