Brie-Gilla
This quick and easy recipe might be the ideal appetizer for your Valentine's Dinner. Creamy Brie enclosed in a puff pastry crust and flavoured with walnuts, cranberries, and Maltese bigilla. Best served with galletti or grissini and your favourite glass of wine.
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Ingredients:
1pkt Emborg Brie Cheese
50g Ready Made Maltese Bigilla
20g Chopped Walnuts
15g Dried Cranberries
200g Ready Made Puff Pastry
1 Egg
Directions:
1. Slice the brie in half.
2. Spread the bigilla on the 2 halves. Leave some for spreading on the pastry.
3. Top one of the halves with the walnuts and cranberries and place close the brie cheese with the other half.
4. Open the puff pastry, or else just buy a ready rolled-up one and spread the rest of the bigilla in the centre.
5. Brush the edges with egg wash ( egg with a tablespoon of water) and fold to enclose the brie inside.
6. You can trim the dough and use it as a decoration. Brush the entire parcel with the eggwash and place it on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
7. Bake at 185°c preheated oven for 30-40mins or until it gets nicely golden brown.
8. Serve warm with galletti or grissini.
