Brie Mini Bread Bowl

brie cheese

🥗Healthier: goat cheese

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Goat cheese offers a tangy flavor while cream cheese is more budget-friendly.

mini bread loaves

🥗Healthier: whole grain bread

💰Cheaper: regular bread

Whole grain bread adds fiber, while regular bread is often less expensive.

Slice mushrooms and shallots.

Drizzle olive oil into a hot pan and add sliced mushrooms.

Add sliced shallots to the pan and mix.

Thinly slice two rashes of bacon and add to the pan.

Cook until the bacon is crispy and the mushrooms and shallots are softened.

Cut the tops off the mini bread loaves and hollow out the insides.

Fill the hollowed bread loaves with the bacon, mushroom, and shallot mixture.

Nestle a wheel of triple cream brie cheese into the bread bowl.

Make a cross-hatch on the brie to help it melt.

Scatter some of the bacon, mushroom, and shallot mix on top of the brie.

Tear up the insides of the bread and scatter them around the bread bowl for dipping.

Place the bread bowl in the oven at 180°C (approximately 350°F) for about 15 minutes until the cheese is melty and the bread is crispy.

Remove from the oven and place on a serving board.

Drizzle with olive oil and garnish with fresh herbs like thyme and rosemary.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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