Welcome to the world of brie baked in a sourdough loaf! This is one of the simplest ways to “wow a crowd” with your homemade bread. Bake your sourdough loaf with a wheel of brie, top if with your favorite jams, nuts, or sweeteners and serve this melty goodness as an appetizer at your next gathering!
❤️ Why You’ll Love Baked Brie Sourdough
What’s not to love? This is a cheese wheel, covered in jam, and baked inside of a bread bowl. You can also make this with any flavor you like best. I love a dish that you can bring to a party that “wows” the whole group, and it took very minimal extra effort on my part.
🍲 Ingredients
Sourdough Bread – You can use any Boule (round) sourdough bread that you like best. I have a Beginner Artisan Loaf recipe under the “sourdough” tab you can check out if you need one.
Brie wheel – 8 oz brie wheel.
Jam – This is where you can make it any flavor you like most. Some of my favorites to use are fig jam and pepper jelly.
Chili crunch oil – I used this as a “sweet and spicy” variation, and the best is from Trader Joes!
Honey – a generous drizzle of honey, even hot honey will enhance any baked brie recipe.
👩🍳 How to Make Brie Baked Sourdough
- If you are making your own loaf of sourdough bread, shape it into a boule shape for better brie placement. Bake it just as you normally would, but when there is 10 minutes left, remove and let cool slightly before adding your brie.
- Unwrap the brie cheese and score with a knife in a criss cross pattern at the top of the cheese.
- Using the wheel as a guide, place the cheese of the loaf and cut around in a circle halfway into the bread. Remove the bread from the middle and set aside for dipping.
- Place your wheel of brie into the hole in the middle of the bread.
- Top with your favorite toppings like jam, chili crunch oil, or cranberry sauce. Add nuts or meat and a drizzle of honey. All of these are optional!
- Preheat your oven to 425, place your brie loaf onto a baking sheet with parchment paper and bake for 20 minutes until the bread is crispy and the cheese is melty.
- Using a bread knife, cut slices of the of the bread all around the loaf for easy pulling and serving. Serve warm so the cheese is nice and melty with extra bread and crackers for dipping! Enjoy 🙂
🪄 Tips and Tricks
- Choosing seasonal jam is how you can make this dish all year long. Examples:Winter: Fig, apricot, or cranberry jam. Spring: Lemon, strawberry, or raspberry jam. Summer: Blackberry, blueberry, or peach jam. Fall: Pumpkin, apple or maple bourbon jam.
- If you find the bread is browning too fast, cover it loosely with aluminum foil during baking to prevent burning.
- Sprinkle fresh or dried herbs (like rosemary or thyme) on the inside of the bread for an aromatic touch.
- Allow the baked Brie to cool for a few minutes before serving; this makes it less runny and easier to handle.
- A glass of white wine or a light red can complement the rich flavors of the cheese and bread.
- Line your baking sheet with parchment paper to catch any cheese overflow, making cleanup easier.
🗒 Variations
Baked brie sourdough is such an easy and fun way to use seasonal ingredients to elevate a loaf of sourdough bread! I have a ton of variations – check out a few of my most popular here.
- Maple Bacon Brie Baked Sourdough – Acts Of Sourdough
- Cranberry Orange Baked Brie – Acts Of Sourdough
- Cinnamon Apple Baked Brie Sourdough – Acts Of Sourdough
- Peach Jalapeno Sourdough Brie Bake – Acts Of Sourdough
🗒 Best served
- as a holiday appetizer
- at a dinner party
- with a glass of red wine
👝 How to Store Leftovers
If you have any leftovers, store them in an airtight container in the fridge. Reheat in the oven to restore the bread’s texture before serving again.
🤔 Common Questions
That’s fine! You can use a storebought loaf of Artisan bread, just make sure it’s round for the cheese.
Baked Brie Sourdough
Equipment
- bread knife
- Serving tray
Ingredients
- 1 loaf sourdough bread
- 8 oz wheel of brie cheese
- ¼ cup favorite jam or topping
- ¼ cup chopped nuts optional
- drizzle of honey
Instructions
- If you are making your own loaf of sourdough bread, shape it into a boule shape for better brie placement. Bake it just as you normally would, but when there is 10 minutes left, remove and let cool slightly before adding your brie.
- Unwrap the brie cheese and score with a knife in a criss cross pattern at the top of the cheese.
- Using the wheel as a guide, place the cheese of the loaf and cut around in a circle halfway into the bread. Remove the bread from the middle and set aside for dipping.
- Place your wheel of brie into the hole in the middle of the bread.
- Top with your favorite toppings like jam, chili crunch oil, or cranberry sauce. Add nuts or meat and a drizzle of honey. All of these are optional!
- Preheat your oven to 425, place your brie loaf onto a baking sheet with parchment paper and bake for 20 minutes until the bread is crispy and the cheese is melty.
- Using a bread knife, cut slices of the of the bread all around the loaf for easy pulling and serving. Serve warm so the cheese is nice and melty with extra bread and crackers for dipping! Enjoy 🙂
Notes
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