Keto Cranberry Brie Bites

STATS:

Cuisine: French
Course: Appetizer/snack
Diet: Keto
Yield: Serves 24
Preparation time: 40 min
Cooking time:25 minutes
Time in total: 65 mins

2 muffin trays (24 cups each)

An oven

Saucepan 1

INGREDIENTS:

PASTRY:

• Baking powder, 2 teaspoons
• 2.25 cups of flour (almond)
• Big-sized eggs, 2
• Two tablespoons of keto sweetener (powdered)
• One-fourth cup of melted butter (unsalted)
• 0.5 tsp of salt

CRANBERRY SAUCE (SUGAR-FREE):

• 1/4 cup of swerve sweetener (powdered)
• Fresh/frozen cranberries (whole), 6 oz
• One-third cup of water

FILLING:

• Sprigs of Rosemary (fresh), 3/4
• 6 oz of brie cheese
• Toasted walnuts (chopped), 1/4 cup
• Chilled strawberry sauce (sugar-free)

INSTRUCTIONS:

PREP:

1. Switch the oven on & heat it to 325 degrees F
2. Pick the 24-cup muffin tray (2) & oil them using the brush of silicon.

CRANBERRY SAUCE MAKING

1. Pick a big saucepan & fill it with water.
2. Place that water-filled saucepan on the stove over the normal flame.
3. After it reaches a boil, reduce the flame for about 5/10 minutes.
4. Till then, cranberries have released their flavor & essence into the water.
5. Mix it well & turn the flame off, then include the powdered sweetener in it.
6. Wait for it to come down to the surrounding temperature.

MAKING PASTRY:

1. Place a big vessel on the kitchen shelf & gather all the items.
2. Include all the dry items to make the pastry listed above.
3. Mix to blend them in a proper way.
4. Next, include liquid items such as butter (melted & cooled) & eggs.
5. Use your clean hands to combine the items to form the dough.
6. Spread the flour of almonds on your surface of work.
7. Shift the pastry dough to that surface & keep the butter paper over it.
8. To flatten the dough, use the rolling pin (keep thickness 1/4 inch from every side).
9. Pick a cookie cutter (round) that should be about 2 inches in diameter.
10. Use that to cut the dough that you had recently rolled.
11. Lift the cut-out circles using the spatula with gentle hands.
12. Place them into the oiled muffins, but do not press them to touch the bottom of the pan.
13. Gather & roll the dough again to repeat that cut-out process till the count is complete.

ASSEMBLING:

1. Cut the brie cheese into cubes of 0.5 inches using a cutting board & the knife.
2. Place a cube of brie in each muffin cup over the crust.
3. Finally, include a teaspoon of cranberry sauce (sugar-free) over the cheese.
4. Your bites are ready to go inside the oven (heated).
5. Give them 15 minutes to get fully baked.
6. Pull the baked brie bites out of the oven after finishing the given time.
7. The edges of the crust should be brown with bubbly melted cheese.
8. That means your bites are ready; hold off until the temperature reaches normal.
9. Then dish them out & decorate them with walnuts (chopped) & rosemary.

TIPS:

• Keep the brie cheese chilled always. It will be easier to work with the chilled brie.
• Oil your hands/use flour of almond to manage the dough to keep it from adhering.
• Make sure that the sauce of cranberry must be cooled well at the time of use

NUTRITIONAL FACTS/SERVING:

Size/serving: 3 brie bites/serving
Calories: 178 kcal
Carbohydrates: 5.11 grams
Net carbs: 2.80 g
Fiber: 2.31 grams
Proteins: 6.91 g
Fats: 14.97 grams