Baked Brie in Puff Pastry

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This party-ready Baked Brie is wrapped in golden puff pastry, filled with a homemade cranberry-orange sauce and crunchy pistachios, then baked until molten inside and crisp outside. With about 20 minutes of prep, it's a fast, sweet-and-savory appetizer.

Pistachio Cranberry Baked Brie in Puff Pastry

There's nothing easier or more impressive than a warm, gooey wheel of Brie wrapped in golden puff pastry. Serve it straight from the oven with crackers or a sliced baguette and watch it disappear in minutes. Made with fresh cranberries, it's perfect for Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and any cozy parties and celebrations year-round. If you love brie cheese recipes, this one is a guaranteed hit.

It's also super practical. You can assemble it ahead, refrigerate it up to a day, or freeze it unbaked and bake straight from the freezer. Craving more easy show-stopping appetizers? Try my Apple Brie and Holiday Cheese Ball next.

Why You'll Love It

• I make a simple cranberry-orange sauce completely from scratch with fresh cranberries, orange zest, and a hint of cinnamon. It's so much fresher and more flavorful than the store-bought jam usually used in brie cheese recipes. 
• Pistachios add a nutty crunch and a vibrant green pop, elevating it beyond basic wrapped brie.
• Folding the puff pastry like an envelope with egg wash seals in all the gooey brie goodness, preventing leaks, which is a pro technique I tested that keeps it mess-free and picture-perfect.
• Coarse sugar on top gives a sparkling, caramelized crunch, turning your average brie puff pastry into a colorful, crowd-pleasing holiday showstopper!

Ingredients & Substitutions

• Brie cheese - I use one (8-10-ounce) wheel of brie; you can substitute a similar-size wheel of Camembert.
• Puff pastry sheet - I use one sheet of frozen puff pastry, thawed. You can substitute with crescent roll dough or pie dough.
• Fresh cranberries - I use 1 ½ cups. You can use whole-berry canned cranberry sauce when fresh cranberries aren't available, or swap in jam/preserves such as orange, apricot, raspberry, blueberry, or fig.
• Pistachios - I use ¼ cup of shelled, roughly chopped pistachios. Chopped pecans make a great alternative.
• Granulated sugar - I use ⅓ cup when making cranberry sauce. Honey is a simple one-to-one substitute.
• Coarse sugar - I use coarse sugar for sprinkling on top of puff pastry. Turbinado sugar is an easy swap.
• Vanilla extract - I use ½ teaspoon; almond extract is a stronger but tasty alternative (use a little less).
• Ground cinnamon - I used just a pinch. You can replace it with ground allspice or nutmeg for a similar warm spice flavor.

How to Bake Brie in Puff Pastry (Step-by-Step Photos)

This is a recipe overview. Scroll down to find the complete instructions + ingredient amounts in the recipe card below.

• Prep the sauce: Combine the sauce ingredients in a medium saucepan and heat them over low heat until simmering. Let them simmer until the cranberries burst and the sauce begins to thicken, then set it aside to cool.

• Lay the puff pastry sheet on the prepared baking sheet.
• Place the wheel of Brie cheese into the center. Spoon half a cup of the cranberry sauce over the Brie.

• Sprinkle the pistachios over the cranberry sauce.

• Fold the pastry like an envelope. If it's a square, work one corner at a time: lift a corner to the center of the brie and press to adhere, brush that edge with egg wash, then fold the opposite corner to the center and brush again. Repeat with the remaining two corners, sealing each fold with egg wash as you go.

• Brush the entire pastry surface with the egg wash, then sprinkle with coarse sugar.

• Bake for 25-28 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown.

Puff Pastry Tips

• Use frozen puff pastry. You can use fresh puff pastry from the refrigerated section, but it's usually a little softer and sometimes slightly thinner than frozen sheets once thawed.
• If the pastry is completely sealed with no visible gaps (e.g., if you wrapped it in a rectangular shape), cut two small slits on top to allow steam to escape while baking.

Serving Ideas

• Crusty bread or crackers: Pair the baked brie cheese puff pastry with your favorite baguette, crackers, or slices of rustic rye bread, my dinner rolls, or my bread machine loaf.
• Fresh fruit: Serve with crisp apple or pear slices for dipping. Baked Brie also pairs beautifully with grapes, mandarins, and orange segments. You can also add figs, pomegranate arils, berries, or persimmons. Or make it the centerpiece of a larger fruit platter.
• Savory-sweet board: Serve it with prosciutto, salami, olives, cornichons, and honey for drizzling.
• Greens on the side: Serve wrapped brie with a side of salad, as simple as an arugula or spinach mix with balsamic dressing. You can also serve it with my apple spinach salad, a fan-favorite holiday salad, or strawberry-blueberry spinach salad.
• Charcuterie: Make this puff pastry brie the center of your next charcuterie board.

More Brie Cheese Recipes

• Cranberry Baked Brie with Pecans and Pomegranate
• Strawberry & Blueberry Baked Brie
• Pear & Brie Grilled Cheese Sandwich
• Baked Brie with Apples