Baked Brie with Fig Jam (2024)

With just a few minutes of prep and a very short ingredient list, this Baked Brie with Fig Jam is one of the easiest yet most impressive appetizers. It is perfect for holiday entertaining as a stand alone appetizer or as part of a large appetizer buffet.

Recipe Background and Details

Baked Brie with Fig Jam can be served for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year's celebrations. Baked brie with jam is a holiday classic. Like I wrote above, this easily stands on its own as an impressive appetizer. But it could also be included as part of an abundant appetizer spread with Pull Apart Lobster Sliders, Brown Butter Rosemary Shrimp, or Pink Peppercorn Baked Chicken Wings.

There is just something so special about figs. I love them so much that my husband and I planted two dwarf fig trees earlier this year. While we only got a total of maybe five ripe figs before the frost came, I am crossing my fingers for a much larger harvest next year (and more fig recipes!).

Fig jam and fresh figs pop up in my kitchen quite often like in my Fig and Prosciutto Pizza and Fig and Burrata Crostini recipes. Figs aren't just beautiful, but they pair really well with cheese and other salty, savory flavors. My dad and I used to love to eat the stinkiest blue cheese we could find with fig jam, crackers, and a couple glasses of cold, crisp white wine. Now, anytime I create a cheeseboard I always include fig jam, dried figs, and/or fresh figs if I can find them. This Baked Brie with Fig Jam fills me with nostalgia and I hope you love it as much as I do.

Ingredients

With only 2 main ingredients, this really is a foolproof, secret weapon recipe to have in your back pocket during the season of entertaining. Serve it with your favorite crackers and fruits.

• wheel of brie cheese: the size doesn't really matter here as long as you get a whole wheel that is completely encased in rind.
• fig jam: I don't know why fig jam is so good with cheese, but it just is. I prefer Bonne Maman or Dalmatia brands. If you are totally opposed to fig jam or can't find it, I would suggest apricot jam as a replacement.
• fresh rosemary: rosemary is my top choice, but thyme or sage would be very good. If you don't like the idea of an herb with the jam, simply leave it off.
• various crackers: I love to serve a plain water cracker as well as a fun fruit and nut filled cracker like raincoast crisps.
• various fresh and dried fruits: fresh or dried figs, sliced apples and pears, grapes, fresh or dried apricots, dates are all great choices. The sky's the limit though. If you make this in the spring and summer use berries and stone fruit.
• nuts: not pictured here, but pecans, walnuts, pistachios, and/or hazelnuts are delicious served with this baked brie.

See recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

This is almost too easy to be called a recipe, but here are some photos of the process:

Place brie in a baking dish large enough to hold the brie and any accompaniments you will add after baking. I like to place parchment underneath to make the cheese easy to remove if I want to place it on a cheeseboard or if there are any leftovers.

With a sharp paring knife, make a criss cross pattern in the top rind. Cover top of Brie with a generous layer of fig jam and top with rosemary. Bake in preheated oven for 20-30 minutes until the cheese is very soft. You may see some oozing out - this is a sign that it is done!

Remove from oven and surround cheese with crackers, fruits, nuts, etc. Allow to sit for about 10 minutes before serving so the cheese is not too liquid or too scorchingly hot.

Make ahead, storage, and reheating

This Baked Brie with Fig Jam can be prepped up to 3 days ahead and stashed in the fridge until you want to bake.

Any leftovers can be covered and stored in the refrigerator. Crackers should be stored in airtight container separately from cheese - same for fruits, nuts, etc.

To reheat brie, simply place back in oven until warmed through.

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Pairing

This baked brie with fig jam is perfect for the holidays alongside any of my other festive recipes:

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