Brie With Pear And Chocolate Wine Sauce

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup red wine
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons chopped bittersweet chocolate
• 1 loaf french bread, sliced into 40 slices
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 (13 1/4 ounce) package alouette baby brie cheese, original
• 4 tablespoons almonds, finely chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• 2 ripe pears, peeled and finely diced

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350º f.
• 2 combine wine and sugar in a non-reactive saucepan and reduce over medium heat for 10 minutes.
• 3 remove from heat and cool slightly. stir in the chocolate to blend and set aside.
• 4 brush bread slices with olive oil and broil until golden brown on both sides. cool.
• 5 cut wheel of alouette baby brie into 4 quarters. cut each quarter into 10 slices. lay slices on a chilled plate.
• 6 in a small skillet, over medium heat, toss the chopped almonds until golden brown.
• 7 remove from heat, add allspice and blend. set aside to cool.
• 8 peel and finely dice pears.
• 9 assembly:.
• 10 place the french bread slices on a cookie sheet. spread a ½ teaspoon of the chocolate wine sauce on each slice.
• 11 divide the minced pear equally among the slices.
• 12 lay a slice of alouette baby brie on top of each “croutonâ€? and sprinkle with toasted almonds.
• 13 heat in oven for 5 minutes.