The Coziest Fall Appetizer: Pumpkin Baked Brie with Apple Pie Jam

Oct 9

There’s something magical that happens when creamy Brie cheese meets the comfort of fall baking - especially when it’s nestled inside a golden pumpkin. Brie is the ultimate indulgence: a soft-ripened cheese with a delicate, slightly sweet flavour and irresistibly gooey texture once warmed. It melts into the perfect silky blanket of savoury richness, begging to be paired with something just as decadent. Enter: apple pie jam. Its cinnamon-spiced sweetness is the perfect match for buttery Brie, creating a harmony of flavours that tastes like autumn in every bite. Serve it with Lesley Stowe Raincoast Crisps for a little West Coast flair (they’re made right here in Vancouver) or keep it rustic with toast points made with fresh bread from your favourite local baker. However you enjoy it, this pumpkin baked Brie is guaranteed to steal the show at your next cozy gathering.

Ingredients:

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1 small (and short) pumpkin
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1 wheel Brie Cheese (I used The Farm House Natural Cheeses' cow's milk Brie)

1 jar of West Coast Farm to Table’s Apple Pie Jam

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1 package Lesley Stowe Raincoast Crisps
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or a loaf of your favourite local bread, sliced, toasted and cut into points

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1 apple, cored and cut into slices
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Method:

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Preheat oven to 400F
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Cut a hole the same diameter as the wheel of Brie cheese into the top of the pumpkin and scoop out the insides

Fit the Brie wheel into the hole in the pumpkin

Score the top of the cheese in a cross-hatch pattern with a sharp knife

Bake for 20-30 minutes until Brie is melty and oozing out the score marks

Remove from oven and serve on a platter alongside a pot of warmed apple pie jam, toast points and/or crisps, and apple slices

Find The Farm House Natural Cheeses, West Coast Farm to Table’s Farm Store (for the Apple Pie Jam), pumpkins, and local artisan bakers nearest you (for a fresh loaf to make toast points) on the Farm to City BC Map.