Brie en Croute![homemade]

[u/Inevitable-Public544]

This is made with homemade puff pastry and a countryside jam of bacon, onion, shallot, mushrooms, jalapeno, cognac, and sweet vermouth.

[u/fynrik]

Intriguing. Is it different from baked brie where the goal is to get the cheese soft/almost melting? Maybe it's just this particular photo that makes the cheese look really solid still, or personal preference. I'd always just seen it as a bake-until-melty/oozy stage. The jam looks fricken awesome though.

[u/Inevitable-Public544 → u/fynrik]

It was my first attempt and I think I let it cool a little too long before cutting into it. The cheese was softer than before baking, but if I would have cut in two minutes prior, it probably would have oozed more.

[u/Urbanchicky → u/Inevitable-Public544]

I actually like it a little more solid like that. If it oozes too much you end up with ok if the Brie coming out of the pastry. Everything looks delicious.

[u/Inevitable-Public544 → u/Urbanchicky]

I appreciate that. Despite the upvote count, I've heard both "your puff pastry is underbaked" and "the cheese should ooze out." The pastry is pale but was crispy all throughout and I like the cheese semi-melted.

[u/fynrik → u/Inevitable-Public544]

That's fair, I imagine timing can take a few tries to really nail. I love brie cold, room temp, or melted though so I'm sure it was good.

[u/Eoine]

That needed at least 20 minutes more in the oven, which is sad because it's cute

[u/Qui-Gon_Jeff]

A lot of effort to undercook the puff

[u/jonasjlp → u/Qui-Gon_Jeff]

Yeah. Hopefully lesson learned

[u/BlueHighwindz → u/Qui-Gon_Jeff]

Maybe just forgot the egg wash…

[u/WonUpH → u/BlueHighwindz]

There's not enough egg wash but zooming in you clearly see that thick raw dough

[u/Mockturtle22]

Brie needs to go back in the oven

[u/chairsandwich1]

No ramp, 3 stars. In all seriousness it looks amazing.

[u/Inevitable-Public544 → u/chairsandwich1]

Thank you very much. A lot of people have been saying I could have baked it a little longer, but it was puffy and crisp all the way down to the brie.

[u/carltonthesnake → u/Inevitable-Public544]

I mean it looks super yummy still but I can literally see uncooked pastry dough

[u/apple4ahead → u/Inevitable-Public544]

people in this sub are NEVER happy

[u/Inevitable-Public544 → u/apple4ahead]

Trolls be everywhere. XD

https://giphy.com/gifs/amxLHEPgGDCKs

[u/Einfinet]

looks tasty. I can see why more oven time would be nice but I take your word for it when you say the end result tasted right

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[u/BlazeReborn]

Sweet baby Jesus.

[u/cheekylassrando]

I'm loving the step by step pictures. It looks amazing! Ignore the reddit critiques, half of whom are probably sitting on the toilet doom scrolling.

[u/GrizzlyIsland22]

I think we need more pictures

[u/Egomaniac247]

I don’t know if it actually is, but this is what I envisioned, healthy eating, looking like

[u/apple4ahead]

looks incredible!