Microwave Brie

5 from 3 votes

Microwave Brie is a quick and easy recipe! For a festive appetizer that comes together quickly you can't go wrong with this simple recipe!

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Western

Keyword: Microwave brie

Servings:

Calories: 220kcal

Cook: place the brie on a plate in the microwave and cook for 1 min 20 seconds at high heat.
Transfer: use a tea towel on the edge of the plate to remove from the microwave. Place next to serving board then slide a butter knife underneath the cheese, lift and transfer it to the centre of the serving board.
Toppings: use a teaspoon to dollop the chutney onto the top of the cheese. Flip it over and use the back of the spoon to spread it out into a layer. Next, sprinkle the crushed nuts onto the chutney, followed by the dried cranberries. Pull the leaves off the rosemary sprig and place a few of these onto the top of the cheese.
Serve and enjoy: place crackers around the side of the cheese and provide a cheese knife for serving (optional).

Note 1 - Brie Cheese: Everywhere from Walmart to Safeway, Tesco, Aldi, Woolies and Coles will stock what you need to make the recipe. You won't have to drive all over town to get anything special! The brie cheese wheels have a slight range from 200 grams (8 ounces) to 1kg (2.2 pounds). If you want to use a super huge wheel then you will need more quantities of each of the toppings. However, if you are sticking to a reasonably traditional size within that range, you will be fine with the quantities specified.
Note - Tablespoons: this doesn't matter too much for this recipe, however, as an FYI an Australian tablespoon (which is what I use) is 20ml. In many other countries (USA and Canada for example) the same tablespoon measures 15ml (o.5 oz). So if using a 15 ml tablespoon, aim for 2.5 tablespoons.