Cranberry and Brie puff pastry wreath

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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. I need to cook this in advance to take to a party, but I don’t want to burden my hostess. It’s seems like something that needs to beserved warm though -yes? Can you recommend an easy way to heat it up? Would hanging out at room temp for a little bit work?
    It may not work for this event….

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  3. Hi! This looks amazing! If I make it ahead of time, should I put the egg wash and salt on when I prepare it, or right before I bake it?

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  6. This sounds yummy…I made cranberry pepper jam recently and was just thinking it would be fun to try using some with this recipe.

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  11. My puff pastry came frozen in a roll. I have to thaw the whole package to get the individual sheets. However one sheet looks way to thin ? Would you suggest I used a couple of sheets to get it thick enough ? If so how many ???

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    1. Just realized I bought phyllo instead of puff. Going to go out and try to find puff. Would it still work with phyllo though as the package now thawed ??????

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    2. Hey, we USA folk don’t speak metric, lol! Can you give measurements in inches instead? Even if guesstimated . . . And thanks for your mercy . . .

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  12. Hi Alida,

    I’m a Saffa living in the Netherlands and I would love to make this wreath for Christmas, however, I’ve hit a snag. Finding a roll of puff pastry here in NL is very difficult, and I have only been able to find square pieces of pastry roughly 12x12cm. Can I still use these sheets and how would you recommend folding them? Individual portions sound great, but I would like to do it correctly then. Secondly, is cranberry compote a good substitute for cranberry sauce because that’s all I can find.

    Thank you, and love your blog! (Made a roast chicken a while back – scrumptious!)

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    1. you could try to do mini wreaths? It’s a bit tricky since the pastry you’re using is already so small. Otherwise, if you’re not too bothered about the wreath shape and you just want the flavours, I suggest placing a little of all the ingredients in the center of each square of pastry and just folding the corners in to create a Danish pastry of sorts.

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    2. This finally hit my feed! If you have access to plain cranberries, it’s easy to make your own sauce. A flavor tip – I use orange juice in place of water, and toss in a cinnamon stick. I never have leftovers!

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    2. Another posibility, if it’s available in Netherlands, would be croissant dough, pre-packaged in round cardboard cannisters in the refrigerated section. In the USA, this product is used extensively to make various stuffed wreaths. It won’t have the exact same light flakiness of the puff pastry, but I believe the results would be satisfactory . . .

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  14. Is there a particular brand of cranberry sauce used? The one in the video looks much thinner than the canned one I typically use. Or do you heat it up to melt it a bit?

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  15. Is the temp correct?!….200 degrees doesn’t sound right??!!….
    I live in Canada…200 would only be a warming oven!

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  19. this needs to happen for my Christmas Eve gathering. Puff, cheese and cranberries…you’re speaking my language. I know just how you’re feeling looking at that to-do list. The mad scramble before the trip is nuts. Have the best time!

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