12 Days of Christmas Recipes: Baked Goat Brie with Apple-Raisin Chutney

For Day 2 of our 12 Days of Christmas Recipes, we’re featuring the classic baked brie with a bit of a twist.

Executive Chef Geoffrey Kitt from The Westerly gave us this crowd favourite to try, but upped the ante with a deliciously tangy and sweet apple raisin chutney which is not only a breeze to prepare, but can literally be done weeks ahead of time – if you’re that organized.

In fact, we’ve featured appetizers from Geoff before, so if you are really feeling plucky, treat your guests to another one of Geoff’s creations.

Baked Goat Brie with Apple-Raisin Chutney

Brie

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 sheet puff pastry cut in half
• 1 sheet parchment paper
• 1 ( 180 g ) woolwich dairy goat brie round

 Method

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees
2. Lay puff pastry square on parchment paper
3. Place cheese in center, fold pastry up over cheese to cover.
4. Trim excess pastry and press to seal
5. Brush with egg mixture, place seam-side down onto
6. Parchment and place on baking sheet.
7. Brush with egg mixture.
8. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown
9. Let stand for 15 minutes

 Apple-Raisin Chutney

 Ingredients

• 2 cups apple cider vinegar
• 2 cups  sugar
• 2 pounds honey crisp apples, peeled, cored, cut into 1/2 inch pieces (about 8 cups )
• 1 cup of raisins
• 4 whole cloves
• 1/2 cinnamon stick
• 1 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans  ( for garnish )

 Method

1. Stir vinegar and sugar in saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves
2. Boil until syrupy and reduced to 1 1/2 cups, about 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium
3. Add all remaining ingredients
4. Simmer until apples are tender and mixture thickens, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes
5. Cool completely
6. Refrigerate in air tight container (Will keep for 2-3 weeks)

The Wine Sisters’ Pairing

To us, this is a classic cheese and port pairing. The dominate flavour comes from the sweet and jammy chutney, and the rule of thumb for pairing wine with sweet foods is to always go for a sweeter wine, otherwise your wine can taste dull and bitter.

Try: Taylor Fladgate 10 Year Tawny Port $34.95 Vintages 121749