Cranberry and Brie puff pastry wreath

Golden puff pastry wreath filled with sweet cranberry sauce, oozy Brie cheese and pistachios is a fantastic addition to your holiday cheese board. If you love Brie, you’ll love our Easy Baked Brie recipe.

If there’s one recipe to make during the holidays, it’s this one. There’s a reason this video has been viewed more than 5 million times on Facebook!  The buttery, golden puff pastry with the sweet cranberry sauce, melty brie cheese and crunchy pistachios is just such a lovely addition to your cheeseboard and will make an awesome appetizer or starter.

Cranberry and brie puff pastry wreath

Ingredients needed

  • Puff pastry. I use frozen and thawed store-bought puff pastry.
  • Brie cheese. Any soft cheese can be substituted. Camembert, Robochlon, goat’s cheese, etc can all be used.
  • Cranberry preserves/sauce. I use store-bought but you can use homemade.
  • Pistachios. Flaked almonds, roughly chopped pecans or hazelnuts will also work. Alternatively leave the nuts out entirely.
  • Beaten egg.

How to make a puff pastry wreath for Christmas

  1. Shape the pastry: Allow the pastry to thaw then roll out until ½cm/¼inch thick. Use a large round bowl as a guide and cut the puff pastry into a large disc. With a sharp knife, cut a star into the center.
  2. Add the filling: Spread the cranberry sauce over the pastry (avoiding the center star) then add the Brie and pistachios. Pull each point of the star over the filling towards the outer edge and pinch the pastry together with your fingers.
  3. Bake: Brush with egg wash then bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown and puffed. Allow to rest for 10 minutes then serve.

Freezing and making ahead

  1. Freezing: Depending on the fillings, the assembled wreath can be frozen before baking. Certain cheese might change texture once thawed. Bake the wreath from frozen until golden brown and crisp.
  2. Make ahead: The wreath can be assembled and kept covered in the fridge for up to 2 days before baking. The wreath can be baked up to an hour before serving.

Serving ideas

This brie and cranberry puff pastry wreath is a fantastic appetizer but I also love serving it alongside a cheese board or other hors d’oeuvres like deviled eggs, pigs-in-a-blanket and crispy baked Boursin cheese.

Puff pastry recipes

  1. Easy cranberry and Brie pastry puffs
  2. Cheesy puff pastry jalapeño bites
  3. Sun-dried tomato basil mozzarella wreath
  4. Easy caramel apple puff galette
  5. Easy weekday chicken pot pie
  6. Pigs in a blanket wreath with maple-mustard dipping sauce
Cranberry and brie puff pastry wreath

Cranberry and Brie puff pastry wreath

Golden puff pastry wreath filled with sweet cranberry sauce, oozy Brie cheese and pistachios is a fantastic addition to your holiday cheese board.
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Course: Appetizer, Cheese, Christmas, Vegetarian
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Appetizer, Christmas, puff pastry wreath
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Calories: 255kcal
Author: Alida Ryder
Servings: 6

Ingredients

  • 1 sheet puff pastry thawed
  • 2-3 tablespoons cranberry sauce
  • 200 g Brie cheese sliced
  • 2 tablespoons pistachio nuts roughly chopped
  • 1 egg beaten

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 200ºC/400ºF and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Roll the pastry out to around 5mm thick and cut a large circle out of the pastry.
  • Lay the pastry on the prepared baking sheet.
  • Mark a circle with a medium-sized bowl and with a sharp knife, cut 4 cuts into the center circle. (As demonstrated in the video.)
  • Spread the cranberry sauce around the center “star” then top with the Brie and pistachios.
  • Bring one point of the center star over the filling as well as bringing the outer edge of pastry inwards. Press the two together and continue until you have a wreath.
  • Brush with beaten egg then place in the oven and allow to bake for 15 minutes until golden brown and cooked through.
  • Remove from the oven, allow to rest for 5 minutes then slice and serve.

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Nutrition

Calories: 255kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 272mg | Potassium: 98mg | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 245IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 0.9mg

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84 Comments

  1. This was absolutely delicious but the Brie melted and ran out into the center of the wreath. What did I do wrong?

  2. Has anyone tried this with raspberry jam? Also if I can’t find puff pastry would you recommend croissant rolled dough or Phillo?

  3. hi made this last night for Christmas Eve, the dough was soggy not crispy which how I thought it should be?? How can you bake this without it going soggy??? Thanks Heather

    1. Make sure that your oven is hot and that the bottom element is in use. You can also place the oven rack lower down so that the heat is closer to the bottom of the pastry. Also, using a runny cranberry sauce could cause a soggy bottom.

  4. Could pie crust pastry be used instead of cutting a circle from a pastry sheet? They come 2 in a package here in the U.S.

  5. So thankful that someone finally asked about the garnish which is what makes it seem to Christmassy in the photos. This detail should be in the recipe. Marry Christmas to all 2017

  6. I just made this for my friendsgiving this past weekend, in the US. For other US people, please use google for any conversions you need, it’s 400F and about 12.7 ounces of Brie or about 3/4 of a typical full circle of Brie you would buy. I also used prepared frozen puff pastry that was in a square and just cut off the corners to make it circle-ish. Since you fold up the edges it’s forgiving on appearance, but for the inner circle I used the top of a ziploc container to imprint and it worked wonderfully. Overall, it looked great and tasted great, this is a keeper for future events. I should mention I made my own cranberry/apple sauce from fresh ingredients.