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Recipe: Brie en Croute with Pecans
Servings: 12
Preparation Time: 25 min.
Cooking Time: 20 min.
 
Ingredients:
  • 1 egg
  • 1 Tbs. water
  • 1 Lbs. Brie cheese
  • 1/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted
  • 1/4 cup parsley, chopped
  • 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
Cooking Directions:
Preheat oven to 400° F. Lightly beat egg and water in a bowl and set aside. Slice Brie in half horizontally. Sprinkle bottom half with nuts and parsley. Top with remaining half. Unfold pastry on a lightly floured surface. Roll into a 15-0/1 inch circle. Place Brie in center of pastry. Brush pastry edges with egg mixture. Fold edges up and around cheese wheel and press edges firmly to seal. Place seam-side down on baking sheet. Decorate top with pastry scraps, if desired. Brush egg mixture all over pastry and bake 20 minutes, or until golden. Remove and cool on a wire rack 10 minutes before serving.
 
Per Serving: calories 170, fat 13.2g, calories from fat 70%, protein 8.8g, cholesterol 53.4mg, dietary fiber 0.3g

Nutrients Exchanges
Calories 170 Milk Exchanges 0.0
Protein 8.8g Vegetable Exchanges 0.0
Carbohydrates 2.5g Fruit Exchanges 0.0
Dietary Fiber 0.3g Bread Exchanges 0.0
Sugar 0.4g Other Carbohydrates/Sugar Exchanges 0.1
Fat Total 13.2g Lean Meat Exchanges 1.2
Saturated Fat 7.0g Very Lean Meat/Protein Exchanges 0.0
Mono-unsaturated Fat 4.6g Fat Exchanges 2.1
Poly-unsaturated Fat 1.6g
% Calories from Fat 70%    
Cholesterol 53.4mg
Sodium 252.9mg
Vitamins Minerals
Vitamin A 82.6IU Calcium 74.4mg
Thiamin (B1) 0.3mg Copper 0.1mg
Riboflavin (B2) 0.2mg Iron 0.5mg
Niacin (B3) 0.4mg Magnesium 12.4mg
Vitamin B6 0.1mg Manganese 0.3mg
Vitamin B12 0.7mcg Phosphorus 87.9mg
Vitamin C 1.7mg Potassium 80.9mg
Vitamin E 0.7IU Selenium 2.6mcg
Folate 29.7mcg Sodium 252.9mg
Pantothenic Acid 0.4mg Zinc 1.1mg