Baked Brie Cups

A whole wheel of Brie wrapped and baked in a sheet of crisp pastry dough is a classic party appetizer. The crisp pastry shatters open to reveal creamy, melted cheese, often topped with a layer of crunchy nuts or sweet jam. Melissa’s recipe takes the concept and reimagines it in the miniature as bite-sized hors d’oeuvres. When we made Melissa’s recipe, here’s what we discovered:

Test Kitchen Discoveries

• Use frozen filo pastry cups from the freezer section instead of puff pastry.
• Add a little currant jelly, small cubes of Brie, and smoked almonds to each cup. Keep the cheese very cold to cut it into cubes; if it’s too warm it will smear when cut.