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Grilled Brie
When dad told me he was going to be doing grilled cheese, I thought he meant with a side of tomato soup. Nope. He meant throwing a couple brie rounds on the grill. I was skeptical, but man was it good. I’ll hand it off to my pop on how to do it…
I read a recipe for baked brie and decided to give it a try on the grill because we’re not the Bakin’ Fools, we’re the Grillin’ Fools. We’re always looking for innovative grilling recipes and feel anything made in the oven, we can make better on a grill.
The baked brie called for chutney topping, which I will show below as well as my additional version which incorporates a simple blackberry sauce. Both versions were topped with crispy bacon crumbles.
Chutney ingredients:
1 large granny smith apple, diced
1 medium onion, diced
½ red bell pepper, chopped
½ cup sugar
½ cup cider vinegar
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
¾ cup dried apricots
½ cup golden raisins (regular raisins can be used as a substitute)
2 tsp fresh ginger, peeled and grated
1.5 tsp mustard seeds
¼ tsp cayenne
¼ tsp salt
Other ingredients:
Two 8-oz. brie rounds
6 slices bacon, fried crisp and crumbled
The Ingredients
In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the apple, onion, pepper, sugar, cider vinegar, water, and balsamic vinegar:
Chutney Ingredients on the Heat
Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer, cook for 15 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the apricots and remaining ingredients and cook until mixture thickens and becomes syrupy. Remove from heat and cool. This may be prepared day before and refrigerated.
The chutney appears to be a bit thick to me but I’m rolling with it:
Chutney Ready for the Brie
Blackberry sauce ingredients:
12 oz blackberry jam
1 tbsp ancho chile pepper
Smuckers and Chili Powder? MMMMmmmmm…
Combine these items in a saucepan and heat till warm and thickened.
Grilled brie requires 15-20 minutes to warm through depending on your particular fire as well as the outside temperature. Should the brie be brought to room temp prior to grilling the warming time will be reduced. Resist the urge to place the cheese over direct heat to hasten the effort. I made that error and quickly had a pan of brie soup on my first run through! Stay near the grill for this effort.
Set up the grill for two zone grilling: coals on one side, nothing on the other. We want to warm, not grill. Using these little aluminum pie tins will help diffuse the heat as well to not warm the brie too quickly:
Brie Indirecting On the Grill in Pie Tins
Once the cheese is warmed through the toppings are applied. Here’s the pour of the chutney:
Topping with the Chutney
Now the blackberry pepper sauce over the grilled brie. The ingredients for this were more than ample. This amount could’ve easily covered 2 rounds:
Silky Smooth
That blackberry pepper sauce oozes over the grilled brie like crude oil over a glacier.
Gooey Goodness
What could possibly make these delights any better? The answer is bacon!
Everything is Better With Bacon
As you can see here, the chutney version of the grilled brie got a little melted. Don’t sweat it. You can hide that with the crackers:
A Little Soupy
A couple varieties of crackers are placed around the pans:
Crackers Add to the Presentation
If you want to dress this up a bit, I suggest grilling with ceramic pans but the foil works well for the average backyard ‘cue.
Both delights (I hope?) are served. It looks like wine was being enjoyed at this event. I think a nice red will do for me:
Served
One guest (Mr. Bonwich) was so impressed with the presentation of the grilled brie he rushed to post it on Facebook:
Facebook Worthy
As you can see, the guests pounced on both versions of the brie and rendered their opinions:
The Aftermath
While the chutney version was good the blackberry pepper version of the grilled brie was the overwhelming favorite. Skip the baked brie and go for grilled brie, topped with the blackberry pepper sauce.
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Great idea, I like the blackberry version from reading too.
Chris–the prep time is much less with the blackberry sauce version and the simplicity might be greatly appreciated should you have many other items on the menu while grilling for a crowd.