Recipe - Baked Brie Or Camenbert

9 ounce Brie cheese; rind removed
4 One half ounce Camembert cheese; rind
removed.
8 ounce Cream cheese; softened
One fourth cup Walnuts; toasted, finely
chopped
8 One half ounce Puff pastry; frozen, thawed,
unfolded (1 sheet)
1 lg Egg yolk; beaten

To help blend the cheeses smoothly let them stand for 30 minutes at room
temperature before processing.

Place Brie and Camembert cheeses in a food processor or mixer bowl. Process
or beat until nearly smooth. Gradually add cream cheese, processing till
smooth after each addition. Stir in nuts. Season with salt and pepper.
Spoon pate into an 8" quiche dish. Set aside.

Cut puff pastry into an 8" circle. Place on a small baking sheet. Cut small
decorative designs from trimmings; brush bottoms of designs with a little
water and attach to top of the pastry round. Combine egg yolk and 1
tablespoon water in a small bowl. Brush egg mixture over pastry. Bake puff
pastry round at 400F 1520 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven
and set aside.

Reduce oven temperature to 350F. Bake cheese mixture 79 minutes or until
just warm. Remove from oven.

Carefully place baked pastry round atop the cheese mixture. Serve warm.
Makes 810 servings.

Recipe by: Holiday Appetizers 1996, Better Homes and Gardens, page 93.

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #865 by Peg Baldassari
Baldassari@compuserve.com on Oct 25, 1997