Brie Pear Crescent Bites – Play Occasion Plan

Searching for a crowd-pleasing social gathering appetizer that tastes superb and is simple to make? These brie pear crescent bites are about you turn out to be your new favourite vacation appetizer!

Retailer-bought crescent rolls are crammed with creamy brie and crisp pear after which baked till golden. Completed with a drizzle of honey, these pear and brie appetizers by no means final lengthy!

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Brie and Pear Vacation Appetizer

I’m all the time a fan of the mix of fruit and cheese whether or not it’s a pointy cheddar and apple or a creamy brie with sliced pear.

And after I consider elegant but simple Christmas appetizers, I am going straight for the brie! It’s a light creamy cheese that melts fantastically and is simply pretty much as good chilly on a Christmas tree cheese board as it’s baked till heat and gooey (like on this baked brie with honey or these bacon brie bites).

For this brie and pear appetizer, the brie and pear are wrapped in a crescent roll, brushed with an egg wash, then baked till golden. Every little pocket is comfortable and fluffy on the surface, candy and creamy on the within then drizzled with honey to finish your entire package deal!

Why You’ll Love These Brie Pear Bites

• Simply 5 components – There’s nothing fussy in regards to the components. All the things may be discovered at your native grocery retailer if you happen to don’t have already got it available.
• Chew-size – These little transportable pear and brie appetizers are the right pattern measurement. This recipe yields 16 servings, which is nice for serving a crowd, particularly a crowd that wishes to pattern a little bit of every part!
• Fast and Straightforward – A complete batch of this brie bites appetizer is prepared in half-hour. That’s what I name simple entertaining!

Substances

Ingredient notes

• Pillsbury Crescent Rolls – These are available in a enjoyable little tube that the youngsters will get a kick out of opening and adults could have nightmares about. You’ll have eight triangles that might be sliced in half for a complete of 16 bites. You can technically make these with our selfmade crescent rolls dough as properly however there’s no want – the store-bought ones are nice!
• Brie Cheese – a wedge or spherical of brie will work because you’ll be slicing it into small chunk sized slices.
• Pear – Use a crisp, candy pear. One which isn’t too ripe or it might be a bit mushy. Bartlett pears are all the time an ideal selection. Bosc is one other one.
• Egg – That is brushed on prime of the rolls so that they aren’t so pale as soon as baked. It offers the pear and brie appetizer a lovely golden colour and a little bit of a sheen. It’s not technically required however does make these prettier!
• Honey – I all the time favor to make use of a high-quality honey (ideally a uncooked and unfiltered one) because you’ll really style the honey in these!

Swap It Up

Whereas I really like these with the brie and pear mixture, you may change up the cheese and fruit for different scrumptious mixtures as properly. One other private favourite is gouda and apple (or gouda + pear or brie + apple). Simply keep away from tremendous savory cheeses like cheddar or Swiss cheese.

How one can make these brie and pear appetizers

When you’ve ever made something with crescent rolls (like tacky pigs in a blanket or selfmade pizza rolls), this course of will in all probability be very related. It’s tremendous simple, which is why these are certainly one of my favourite Christmas snacks!

1 – Prep the crescent rolls

Begin by preheating the oven to 350 levels. Then line a baking sheet with parchment paper to stop any meals from sticking to the pan.

Subsequent, separate out every crescent roll from the tube and slice each bit in half. They need to make 16 small triangles whole after they’re minimize in half. That is simply the trickiest a part of making these, so I’ve included images beneath so you possibly can see what the triangles ought to appear to be.

2 – Prime the Crescent Rolls

Put a chunk of the thinly sliced pear on prime of the bigger aspect of on the triangles of the crescent roll. Then add the brie proper on prime of the pear.

I’ve tried it with the pear on the highest as properly, however I favor the brie on prime of the pear.

3 – Roll the Brie Pear Bites

Beginning with the bigger aspect of the crescent roll, rigorously roll up the crescent roll till it’s wrapped across the pear and brie.

Pinch the perimeters collectively to utterly shut the crescent across the cheese and pear. This can hold the cheese from all melting out when this pear and brie appetizer is baked.

4 – Bake the Brie Pear Bites

Place the entire rolled up crescent roll bites on the parchment lined baking sheet then brush the surface of the crescent roll with the crushed egg. This can assist give it a pleasant golden colour as soon as baked.

Then put the stuffed crescent rolls into the oven and bake for 20 minutes or till they’re golden brown.

5 – Serve the brie and pear crescent rolls

After the crescent rolls are a golden brown colour, take away from the oven and instantly drizzle every one with honey.

Serve instantly whereas the cheese continues to be heat and gooey! They nonetheless style good at room temperature however are my favourite whereas they’re good and heat an the brie is all melty.

Suggestions & Storage Data

Use a pointy knife or pizza cutter to chop the crescent roll triangles in half.

Sprinkle cinnamon on prime for a good cozier chunk.

Retailer any leftovers in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 5 days. Reheat by inserting in a chilly oven and preheating to 350. Let the brie bites heat up with the oven and so they’ll be good and golden when the oven is preheated!

Prep the crescent rolls forward of time and place within the fridge till able to bake in an effort to serve them fairly quickly after they arrive out of the oven!

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Extra Straightforward Vacation Appetizers

These brie and pear appetizers can be good to serve together with these different Christmas appetizers (plus somewhat vacation punch).

• Christmas charcuterie board – A enjoyable and festive charcuterie board made with assorted meats, cheeses, nuts, and fruit within the form of a Christmas wreath.
• Pesto crostini Christmas tree – festive and flavorful, this might be an enormous hit!
• Bacon wrapped smokies – Mini scorching canine wrapped in smoky crisp bacon glazed with scorching honey make these little gems all types of irresistible!
• Bacon wrapped dates – Candy dates full of cheese and crunchy pecans then wrapped in salty smoky bacon for a taste explosion in each morsel.
• Christmas tree cheese ball – Flip a traditional cheese ball appetizer right into a Christmas tree in minutes.

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