Name: Maple Cream and Apple Butter Brie Cheese
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 the brie serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 1 16-ounce wheel of brie cheese (this is the larger size!); 1/3 cup apple butter; 2 tablespoons maple cream or whipped maple butter (plus more for drizzling); 1 apple (thinly sliced); 1 tablespoons maple syrup; 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon; holiday decor: whole and sliced pomegranates (fresh cranberries, satsumas or clementines, mini pumpkins); aged cheese: aged cheddar (aged gouda); hard cheese: merlot soaked parmesan (asiago, parmigiano-reggiano); goat/chevre cheese: truffled goat (humboldt fog); soft/semi-soft cheese: brie (camembert); blue cheese: smoked blue (gorgonzola, buttermilk blue); breads: sliced baguettes (hard sesame breadsticks, whole wheat crackers, water crackers, crostini squares, flatbreads, bagel or pita chips); charcuterie: paper thin prosciutto (capocollo, hard salami sticks, pepperoni); jams + chutneys: fig preserves (quince paste, hot pepper jelly, sour cherry preserves, bacon marmalade, apple and berry chutneys, honey and honeycomb, hummus); fruits + nuts: grapes (dried and fresh figs, dried apricots and pears, shelled pistachios, marcona almonds, smoked almonds, pepitas); tart + briney snacks: cornichons (olive medleys, marinated artichoke hearts, pickled green beans, roasted red peppers, balsamic glaze, pickled jalapeño peppers, whole grain mustard, hot and sweet mustard)