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Brie and Cherry Pastry Cups

Top bite-size puff pastry with creamy Brie, sweet cherry preserves and crunchy pecans for an easy, elegant appetizer.

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Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 55 min
Servings 36

Ingredients

1: sheet frozen puff pastry (from 17.3-ounce package), thawed

1/3: to 1/2 cup red cherry preserves

4: ounces Brie cheese, cut into 1/2x1/2-inch pieces (36 pieces)

1/4: cup chopped pecans

2: tablespoons chopped fresh chives

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 375°. Spray 36 miniature muffin cups, 1 3/4x1 inch, with cooking spray. Cut pastry into 36 (1 1/2-inch) squares. Slightly press each square into muffin cup; press center with finger.
2 Bake 10 minutes. Press center with handle of wooden spoon. Bake 6 to 8 minutes longer or until golden brown. Immediately press again in center. Fill each with about 1/2 teaspoon preserves. Top with cheese piece, pecans and chives.
3 Bake 3 to 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve warm.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

If you like spicy foods, try substituting red or green jalapeño jelly for the cherry preserves. It's a delicious touch of sweet and spice!

Go ahead and assemble the cups and bake up to 4 hours in advance, omitting the final bake time for melting the cheese. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to bake. Right before serving, heat at 375° just until warm and cheese is melted.

Arrange these pretty appetizer cups on tiered serving plates with fresh rosemary and cherries.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Appetizer

Calories: 60
Calories from Fat: 35),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 4g; 4%
(Saturated Fat 1g, 1% ),
Cholesterol: 10mg; 10%;
Sodium: 35mg; 35%;
Total Carbohydrate: 5g; 5%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 6/23/2012 6:04:08 PM REPORT ABUSE DebraBruce said:

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Fantastic! Like someone else said...you can skip the second baking. I cooked them for the first 10 minutes, put the ingredients in and cooked for another 5 minutes. They came out perfect and oh so yummy!! I doubled the recipe and before I could get the second batch out, the first batch was gone. Next time I'll have to triple the batch. Everyone kept coming up with different variations, "use raspberry preserves", "use jalepeno jelly", etc... I'll be making these again!

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Posted 12/27/2011 7:29:32 PM REPORT ABUSE Jayzuswiththenamesalready said:

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These taste great, but as another poster said, are far too labor-intensive. The middle baking time is *totally* unnecessary - it actually made my first batch too dark. With the second batch, I just spooned the jelly in as I made the depression with the spoon, and added the cheese etc and baked for a final 5 minutes, and they were perfect. No need to make something harder than necessary! You have to spray the *heck* out of the cups, though. Although some popped right out, more of them stuck like mad, and left entire layers of pastry glued to the pan. I'm glad I wasn't making these for company. I think that next time, I'll modify the recipe, and attempt to make them in cupcake-sized pans - the teeny-tiny cups are difficult to work with, and having more bites to a cup might be nice.

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Posted 12/11/2011 12:33:42 PM REPORT ABUSE Missiebakes said:

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I served these at a Xmas party last night and they were a huge hit! I made them exactly like the recipe called for, only omitted the pecans because there was no more room on the top of these tiny pastry puffs. I thought they were just as good without the nuts. I would try them again with raspberry preserves or as suggested, red jalapeno jelly. They were a nice bite -sized appetizer, perfect for a party, and the red preserves were an excellent combination with the brie and chives. Also very festive in appearance.

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