Maple Crisp Brie Bites – RecipeTin Eats

July 25, 2025

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Maple Crisp Brie Bites are my new finger meals obsession – cheeseboard meets canapé! Crisp maple-butter crostini topped with brie, prosciutto and pecans, they’re low-effort, low-cost, and excellent for taking locations already assembled.

Maple Crisp Brie Bites

I really like taking strange issues and giving them a bit of improve – simply sufficient to make them really feel a bit particular for hungry, drink-sipping pals with comparatively small effort and low value. Like swapping out a plain bowl of nuts for Texan BBQ Candied Nuts with smoky-sweet-savoury crunch.

At the moment, we’re dressing up cheese and crackers and making Brie Bites! As a substitute of plonking down a wheel of brie with a pile of stale bread slices on the aspect, we’re brushing the bread with maple butter, toasting it till crispy (now we get to name it Maple Crostini), then topping it with slices of creamy brie, a sprinkle to toasty pecans, recent thyme and a shard of prosciutto.

It’s a timeless mixture of cheeseboard favourites, constructed in chew measurement kind, and it’s so, so, SO good! I’ve eaten far more than acceptable and I needs to be ashamed, however I remorse nothing. Life is brief. Let me eat the brie!😅

Components in Maple Crisp Brie Bites

You possibly can complete skip the extras and simply pop a slice of brie on every crostini. These are so tasty identical to that. However every little sprinkle provides a bit of something-something that makes this additional particular!

For the maple crostini

Right here’s what you want for the crostini – a very good baguette (not these flimsy low cost ones!), maple syrup and butter.

Baguette – Use a very good one with a pleasant crunchy crust, and a chewy crumb with massive fats irregular holes (left, beneath). Ciabatta or sourdough in baguette shapes additionally works. It’s also possible to use loaves and minimize the bread into crostini-size items (there isn’t a regulation that prohibits this! 😄)

Keep away from the cheaper, lightweight baguettes offered as “French Sticks” right here in Australia (proper, beneath). The tender crumb of these are so nice that when toasted, you possibly can actually crush them right into a powder between your fingers. This is the reason they’re no good for crostini and bruschetta, they simply can’t maintain as much as the toppings, they simply soak via instantly and switch into mush. Nonetheless, they are perfect for old-school garlic bread!

Maple syrup – Actual maple syrup has a stronger flavour, particularly after cooking, as a result of it’s, nicely, actual! Maple flavoured syrup tends to lose its style when heated, I discover. Honey will work on this recipe too.
Butter – I exploit unsalted, for those who used salted, simply skip the salt.
Salt – I exploit salt flakes right here as a result of it dissolves extra simply than grains (we aren’t simmering the maple butter for lengthy). If utilizing grains, simply stir very nicely to verify it’s totally dissolved, and in addition halve the quantity (as a result of 1/2 tsp salt flakes = 1/4 tsp salt grains).

FOR THE TOPPINGS

There isn’t a have to spend money on an costly brie – although you possibly can if you would like. When you add all of the toppings, it actually elevates no matter brie you utilize!

Triple cream brie – I exploit triple cream as a result of it’s additional oozy and wealthy, and bizarrely not any pricier than common brie. However truthfully, any creamy tender cheese that you would be able to slice or smear goes to be nice right here: camembert, goats cheese, Danish feta (ie the tender spreadable variety), tender blue cheeses, cream cheese and sure, even common non-triple-cream brie.

And, as talked about above, I actually don’t assume it’s price investing in an costly brie right here. My alternative is the Coles model triple cream transient – $5.50 full value (usually on sale), wonderful worth for the standard (creamier than pricier manufacturers).

Firmer cheeses (like cheddar) are additionally nice albeit not fairly the identical as a creamy brie. 🙂
Prosciutto – 6 skinny slices barely weighs 60g/2oz however completely different delis/manufacturers minimize to completely different thickness, and the scale additionally varies. You need sufficient too put a tiny bit on every (they’re salty, you don’t want a lot!) making an allowance for they shrink by nearly half when baked. Alternate options – Pancetta or jamon are related (cook dinner the identical means) else crispy pan fried salami or bacon would even be fabulous!

Recent thyme leaves – To make this additional particular, don’t skip this! They add an earthy, herby freshness that makes these really memorable. Dried simply isn’t the identical. And truthfully, thyme is without doubt one of the best herbs to develop in a pot. Pop it on a windowsill and also you’ll save a fortune (and emergency herb runs).
Pecans or different nuts – For nutty goodness. All people is aware of nuts and cheese = win! I selected pecans as a result of it’s an apparent match with maple syrup, however just about any nut will work – walnuts, almonds and pistachios are entrance of thoughts as options.
Maple syrup – For the tiniest drizzle on the finish, so as to add a little bit of shine and engaging drips. I actually use lower than 1/8 teaspoon per crostini else it will get too messy and drippy while you choose it up.

The best way to make Maple Crisp Brie Bites

I’ve tried stove-toasting the crostini which works nice – it provides an awesome candy-like crust, however wants nearly double the quantity of butter to forestall it from burning. Even for a bread-and-butter-monster like me, it was an excessive amount of! Plus, flipping every slice a number of occasions to make it cook dinner evenly is a problem. Oven is means simpler.

Crostini and crispy prosciutto

Slice the bread 6mm / 1/4″ thick. That is the right thickness – not too skinny (bakes up cracker-like) and never too thick (both too toast-like, or if crispy all over, will break your tooth!).
Maple butter – Soften the butter in a saucepan then add the maple syrup and salt. Simmer for simply 20 seconds then take away.

Brush the maple butter onto all sides of the bread. I exploit a dab/brush approach to make sure full protection. Unfold them out on a foil + paper lined tray.
Lay prosciutto on foil + paper lined tray. Don’t fear in the event that they overlap barely, they shrink a lot!

Bake – Put each trays within the oven. I put the prosciutto on the higher shelf.
Prosciutto quarter-hour – After 12 to fifteen minutes, take away the prosciutto. They are going to have shrunk by nearly half, be a bit wrinkled and darkish purple however not brown. Take away onto paper towels to empty extra fats and allow them to cool, then they’ll grow to be crispy.

Prosciutto shards – Break the prosciutto into shards. I like lengthy skinny items as a result of I really feel like I get visible influence once I stick it upright within the brie, although I additionally just like the twisted items that I can lay flat on the brie which have crevices to carry little swimming pools of maple syrup. However, I additionally like sprinkling crumbled prosciutto on the brie as nicely! Principally, something works. 😆
Crostini 20 minutes – After quarter-hour, flip every crostini and shuffle if wanted so that they cook dinner evenly (in case your oven has scorching spots). Then bake for an additional 5 minutes till they’re crispy on the sides and evenly crispy on the floor, however nonetheless a bit tender inside (check with a finger jab). They are going to crisp up extra as they cool on the tray.

There’s such factor as too crisp: If you happen to bake till they’re totally crispy, they get even more durable as they cool and truthfully, they are often too crispy, as in tooth-chipping arduous!

ASSEMBLING

Tip – If utilizing a creamy, melty brie, slice whereas fridge chilly, earlier than it will get too smeary.

Minimize the brie into slices simply shy of 5mm / 0.2″ thick. Make the slices a bit shorter than every crostini. I feel it’s good to see a few of the bread, plus additionally if there’s full protection that’s a LOT of brie per piece and also you’d want nearer to 2 wheels of brie.
Brie – Prime every crostini with a chunk of brie. Patchwork brie offcuts as wanted – as soon as topped with the extras, no person will even comprehend it’s not a single piece of brie.

Toppings – Stick a crispy prosciutto shard within the brie (or place/pile/crumble on high). Sprinkle every with a pinch of pecans, drizzle with the tiniest quantity of maple (actually, simply 1/8 teaspoon every) then a small pinch of thyme leaves.

Be aware: The order could be very deliberate! If you happen to do maple first then pecan “mud” will get caught all around the prosciutto which appears untidy, for those who do the maple after the thyme then the tiny leaves get washed away by the maple. These are the main points that irrationally irritate and matter to me as a result of I’m a loopy cooking girl.😁
My favorite half – time to eat! Pour your self a drink (I’m at the moment obsessive about Soiled Martinis) and revel in.

Issues of practicality

I initially pictured a heat, melty-brie state of affairs, however for those who bake it then the brie runs in all places. As for utilizing residual heat from the crostini, the stress of racing to serve it simply wasn’t price it.

So this recipe is designed to be served at room temperature, and because of the gooey goodness of triple cream brie, there’s no lack of melty goodness. Plus, it holds up superbly for hours with out softening the crostini, so you possibly can assemble forward.

Principally, whether or not you’re gunning for Worker of the Month, Favorite Little one standing, or bribing your hairdresser for a assured hair appointment anytime you want one, you possibly can assemble it at house, field it up and it’s nonetheless excellent hours later.

Or, – simply be an everyday particular person and take it to a picnic. 🙂 – Nagi x

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Maple Crisp Brie Bites – RecipeTin Eats

Maple Crisp Brie Bites