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Caramelized Honey Baked Brie with Warm Olives. Melty brie baked with garlic, rosemary, and honey. Top the melted, baked brie with warm, spicy olives made with butter, chilies, lemon, and thyme. The brie literally melts in your mouth. It’s a wonderful appetizer that’s perfect for holiday entertaining – festive, easy to prepare, and always a favorite.
The second I got home from Chicago, I dove into this recipe. I couldn’t let the holiday season go by without at least one new Brie dish to share with you all! Originally, I thought I’d make something else with my brie, but my sister-in-law mentioned doing a brie with olives, and I loved the idea.
I always forget about olives. I tend to gravitate towards fruits and brie paired together, but you can’t deny the deliciousness of warm, buttery olives with melty baked brie.
This baked cheese turned out SO DELICIOUS. It’s simple and easy to make yet incredibly YUMMY.
With Christmas just days away, the pressure is on to plan the perfect holiday. I always find two things to be helpful in the week leading up to the big holiday. Easy appetizers for house guests to snack on and dinners that feed everyone. We’ll do an appetizer today, then a dinner come later this week!
When thinking of holiday recipes, I can’t help but fall back on brie. My Nonnie always made a cranberry pecan baked Brie for Christmas (here is my variation). It’s one of those holiday memories/traditions I love to recreate!
Here are the details
ingredients
- creamy Brie
- fresh rosemary
- garlic
- honey
- green olives
- olive oil
- Calabrian chili oil (or use crushed red pepper flakes)
- lemon zest
- thyme
- black pepper
Special Tools
None! For this recipe, you’ll need two baking dishes. Nothing out of the ordinary!
Here are the steps
Step 1: cut the brie
Use a small pairing knife to cut the brie into a cross-hatch pattern. Just don’t cut the brie all the way through. If the brie came in a wooden round, place the brie back in the round and then onto a baking sheet.
I like baking the brie in the wood to contain the brie while it bakes. Using the round will ensure your brie comes out looking pretty every time!
Step 2: the garlic, rosemary, and honey
To the top of the Brie, add the garlic, rosemary, and honey, then bake.
As the brie bakes, the honey will seep into those slices and caramelize over the cheese and the garlic. It’s the most scrumptious!
Step 3: the olives
For the olives, I wanted them to have spice to balance out the sweet from the honey. I used Castelvetrano Olives, which are such a delicacy – salty, buttery, and meaty, the perfect Italian olive.
Bake the olives with olive oil, Calabrian chili oil for some spice (or just add crushed red pepper flakes), lemon, thyme, and black pepper. I like to bake the olives until the oil is sizzling. Warm olives are always best.
Step 4: serve
I love to serve the Brie while warm with the olives and oil overtop. Then add crackers and bread on the side for scooping and dipping!
SO DELICIOUS. This really is roll-your-eyes-back good. I promise this will be the favorite appetizer of the night!
Looking for other easy holiday appetizer recipes?? Here are my favorites:
Baked Gruyère in Pastry with Rosemary and Garlic
How to Make an Easy Holiday Cheese Board
Pull Apart Roasted Garlic Pizza Dip Sliders
Pull Apart Christmas Tree Garlic Bread.
Pastry Wrapped Cranberry Baked Brie
Whipped Goat Cheese with Warm Candied Bacon and Dates.
Cranberry Brie Pull Apart Bread
Lastly, if you make this Caramelized Honey Baked Brie with Warm Olives, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And, of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
Caramelized Honey Baked Brie with Warm Olives
Servings: 8
Calories Per Serving: 167 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 1 wheel (12 ounce) creamy brie
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 1-2 cloves garlic, grated
- 2 teaspoons honey, plus more for serving
- 2 cups pitted Castelvetrano olives
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons Calabrian Chili Pepper Oil (or use additional olive oil plus crushed red pepper flakes to taste)
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- black pepper
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 375° F. 2. Place the brie in a baking dish. Cut the brie in a crosshatch pattern. Rub the rosemary and garlic over the brie. Drizzle with honey. Bake for 20 minutes, until the brie is melty. 3. In a separate baking dish, combine the olives, olive oil, Calabrian chili oil, lemon, thyme, and a big pinch of black pepper. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the oil is sizzling.4. Serve the brie warm with the olives and oil over top. Add crackers/bread for scooping!
Made this for New Year’s Eve. DELICIOUS!
I love Brie and olives, but found this to be way too oily for me. Next time I would add significantly less oil to the olives as I already find Brie an oily cheese when baked. Flavors paired nicely.
Hi Lily,
Thanks for trying this recipe and sharing your feedback, so sorry it was oily for you. Glad to hear you’ll try it again though. Happy New Year!🥳🥂 xx
Really tasty! I wouldn’t have thought to pair honey and olives. Super easy, too. Thanks!
Hey Vika,
Wonderful! I’m so glad this recipe turned out nicely for you, thanks for making it! Merry Christmas!!🎄🎁☃️
Made this last night. I wouldn’t have paired these flavors, but they worked and was delicious. I think I’d use less oil and rough chop the olives – easier for eating. Had a few problems with run away olives.
Thanks so much, Elaine! Love to hear this recipe was enjoyed! Happy New Year! xx
Can’t wait to try this! Do you keep the wheel in its container?
Hi Andrea,
Yes, you can do that, I did:) I hope you love this recipe, please let me know if you give it a try! xx
Made this with Camembert. Didn’t have Chilean pepper oil so I subbed with olive oil and crushed red peppers. Delicious! Will definitely make again!
Thanks so much, Pamela! Love to hear this recipe was enjoyed. Happy New Year!🥳🥂 xx
Always great recipes . Thank you
Thanks so much, Judi! Happy Holidays! xT
This looks incredible. I am the only one in my family that eats olives but I’m still going to make this lol. You always have the best recipes and a positive attitude, you are definitely a bright spot on the Internet. Hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas!
Aww, thanks so much, Susan! Merry Christmas! xT
Tieghan! Christmas is not two days away! Get your stories straight. You film and post things in incorrect order, but this is just intolerable.
I read days away, not two days away.
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Tieghan, this looks amazing, and I’m never without Castelvetrano olives!
Thanks so much, Becky!! I hope you love this recipe! xT
Looks delicious. Won’t the wooden container burn or start to smoke in the oven?
Hi Judy,
You are going to bake the brie in a baking dish, if you have the wooden containers you can bake in those as well or just leave them out:) Please let me know if I can help in any other way! xx
I believe the question was in response to this:
“If the brie came in a wooden round, place the brie back in the round and then onto a baking sheet.
I like baking the brie in the wood to contain the brie while it bakes. Using the round will ensure your brie comes out looking pretty every time!”
Hey Elizabeth,
Yup, totally understand where the question is coming from:) She can skip the wooden container and just use the baking dish if she is worried about burning. I did not have any issues with it:) I hope this clears things up! Happy Holidays! xx
This looks so good!!!!
Thanks so much, Rachel! Let me know if you give the recipe a try:) xxT