The Secret Recipe Club: Brie and Pecan Canapés Recipe
The Secret Recipe Club:
Brie and Pecan Canapés Recipe
It’s that time again, the BIG reveal day as part of my participation with The Secret Recipe Club, where you are assigned a “secret” blog partner and where you make a recipe from that person’s blog and then share it via a Secret Recipe blog hop link on the reveal day. I love participating, apart from the obvious benefits of discovering new blogs and new on-line friends, is the opportunity to “silently stalk” someone’s recipe index in order to make your chosen meal. My secret partner this month was Dena, who writes over at Oh! You Cook! Dena is a librarian by day, a job that I have always fancied doing as it happens, and a blogger by night! She is also a PUBLISHED author and has written a book called The Everything Kosher Slowcooker Cookbook, which looks amazing, full of tasty meals, all Kosher, and all cooked in a slow cooker. I spent hours on Dena’s blog and bookmarked lots of recipes to make, but, in the end it was her Brie and Pecan Canapes, for When Guests Show Up Unannounced that caught my eye and made a perfect canapé the other night when I had friends over for dinner. They all disappeared in a flash, so, I had to make a few more today to photograph for my post!
I LOVE the way that Dena says these are easy to throw together when you see those inconsiderate surprise guests walking up the driveway! They may be simple and easy to make, but the combination of French cheese and nuts is always a winner, and they remind me of an easy canapé recipe I have where Camembert and walnuts are used in the same way, and melted on to sourdough toast. Dena suggests using thin white bread, but I decided to toast some wholemeal herb bread I had left over from the weekend. Other than the change of bread, I followed her recipe as written and used some lovely organic honey as the drizzle. We had these few Brie and Pecan toasts as a snack today, between an early breakfast and a late lunch, with a few salad leaves.
The Secret Recipe Club: Brie and Pecan Canapés Recipe
This is a really lovely little recipe, and I a sure that most people will have the ingredient to hand if those inconsiderate surprise guests turn up, or, you fancy making these for a light supper dish served with salad. I ALWAYS have cheese and nuts in my kitchen, and I make my own bread regularly, so it was an easy to throw together recipe for me. I also keep a couple of jars of honey on standby, as I use it in bread making as well as for porridge too! I have copied Dena’s recipe below, but, as I said before I used wholemeal herb bread for my toast, and did not cut them into four, but cut smaller slices that I then toasted before topping with the Brie and pecans. Do pop over to Dena’s blog, and let her know I sent you, she may offer you one of these wee canapés with a drink! That’s all for today, see you tomorrow with a NEW 5:2 diet recipe for fast days, Karen
The Secret Recipe Club: Brie and Pecan Canapés Recipe
Brie and Pecan Canapes – Easy
Yield: 16 Canapes
4 slices of thin white bread
brie cheese, thinly sliced into 16 1-inch squares
16 pecan halves
4 tsp. honey
Start up the broiler element in your oven. Place bread in a single layer on baking sheet. Place 6 inches under broiler for 1 to 1/2 minutes; watch carefully to prevent burning.
Remove pan from oven. Flip over bread slices. Place 4 cheese squares just in from the 4 corners of each bread slice.
Return pan to oven for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until cheese starts to melt and bubble, or until bread is browned to your liking. Watch carefully to prevent burning.
Remove from oven; place a pecan on top of each cheese square. Transfer bread to a cutting board and cut each slice into quarters.
Arrange on serving platter and drizzle evenly with the honey. Serve immediately.
The Secret Recipe Club: Brie and Pecan Canapés Recipe
The Secret Recipe Club: Brie and Pecan Canapés Recipe
Brie and Pecan Canapes
SallyBR says
I love brie and I love all kinds of nuts, this is a great choice for SRC!
(loved the “inconsiderate” too… so funny!)
Karen Booth says
Thank you Sally! These went down a bomb I can tell you! 🙂 Karen
Jess @ Flying on Jess Fuel says
Mmmm I love brie!! Especially when paired with something a little sweet. These sound perfect– great pick!
Karen Booth says
Thanks Jess, like you, I am a BIG Brie fan and these were amazing!
Choclette says
This is one gorgeous recipe Karen, especially with your herb bread. Love cheese, love nuts, love honey, love your recipes, love your photographs – is there anything else to love? This sounds like a fun blog challenge. I’d thought I wouldn’t be able to join in because of the chocolate, but if we can choose which recipe, I might stand a chance – surely everyone has at least one chocolate recipe on their blog!!!! I’m not sure you’d love the librarian day job as much as you think you might. Mind you mine is the least popular of all of them!
Karen Booth says
Thanks Choclette! I am sure you could join as most of the blogs are American and have LOTS of chocolate and dessert recipes on them! Karen
Sarah E says
Stunning pictures – they look so yummy 🙂
Happy reveal day!
Karen Booth says
Thanks Sarah! 🙂
Fiona Maclean says
somehow I can imagine you whipping these up at the last minute as guests turn up. Perhaps I’ve just got confused with those dinner parties for 10! Hopefully you have more notice!!!
Looking forward to seeing you and good luck at *that* event
Karen Booth says
Thanks Fiona, I will phone you when I am en Londres! 🙂
dena says
Karen, herb bread is a great idea! I would have used something fancier myself, but boring white was all I had left in the bread drawer when those pesky guests showed up unannounced.
Your photos are amazing … to paraphrase Rod Stewart , every one of your photos tell a story all by themselves.
Oh, and a big thank you for mentioning my book! {{hugs}}
Karen Booth says
Thank you Dena for such an inspired recipe idea and I would also have used white bread if I had not had that herb bread knocking around! Thanks for your lovely comments about the photos too! Karen
avril says
Completely beautiful and absolutely delicious simplicity! Wow…my mouth is watering!! 🙂
Karen Booth says
Thanks Avril! I was delighted with these canapés and my guests loved them too! Karen
Christine says
I have never trued making canapes before, but these look particularly delicious! I can only imagine how well brie, pecans and honey go together!
Karen Booth says
Thanks Christine! I LOVED these wee morsels and they were SO easy to make too!
Asiya @ Chocolate and Chillies says
I’ve never had anything like this before! Flavours sound very interesting…great SRC pick!
Dorothy at ShockinglyDelicious says
Nuts, cheese and honey…trifecta!
sarah wallis says
I shall have to try this, i adore brie and the combination of pecan, honey and brie together is one that i have yet to try. when i`m not eating cheese i`m usually munching on nuts,so this would make a great lunch.
EleanorMayC says
This looks divine! I love the idea of The Secret Recipe club too -what a fab idea!
Eleanor
Laura Harris says
These look and sound gorgeous!
Amanda Thompson says
I love Brie ~ these look so fancy!!
ashleigh says
I would love these, look amazing!
Tracy Nixon says
Great recipe thanks !
Lisa Williams says
these look so good hehe until I read the title I thought they were mini carrot cake bars haha !
Lisa Williams says
I just made myself some and I have to tell you these are the savoury equivalent of carrot cake they are delicious 🙂
Lisa Williams says
Do you think that a salted caramel pecan would work I want to try it but I am really unsure about the sweet with the cheese ?
Maya Russell says
A fabulously easy canapes recipe. I always have pecans too.
Galina V says
They look soo pretty. I’m not very keen on pecans, walnuts would be my choice. Love your photos.
Jo Hutchinson says
I love brie, I don’t know if I could control myself long enough to finish making the canopes!
Beverley says
This recipe swap thing looks great fun! And the pecan and brie sounds a delicious combo!
Arabella Bazley says
I always have trouble mixing brie with anything else, having tried brie with grapes it just detracted from the taste of the cheese. I can use it in quiches quite easily and I will melt it over steamed vegetables but the best way is on a buttered Carrs Table Water with nothing else and no-one to share it with! 🙂
Tracy Nixon says
Made these for last night to have with wine and a natter with my mum! Both loved them!
sarah clarke-feltham says
these look lovely i am going to try these
Herbert Appleby says
again another mouth watering recipe you have given me I going to love trying these little beauties out
Herbert Appleby says
some of my favourite things put together… how wonderful thank you
Herbert Appleby says
I just can’t get enough of these
Tracy Nixon says
Yummy recipe
Beverley says
These work just as well with walnuts, if you fancy a variation!
Lani Nash says
Wow these sound delicious!
Eleanor Wigmore says
These look great. Always on the look out for unusual canapé recipes.
Tracy Nixon says
Cannot get enough of these – they are too small so one isn’t enough!
Tracy Nixon says
Fabulous with a bottle of wine!
Jenny Smurthwaite says
Very nice and very easy to make really – good for socialising
Vicky-Louise Robinson says
These look fabulous! I love the combination of Brie & honey & pecans are one of my favourites. I would love to make these.
Paul Wilson says
Love bread and honey recipes.
ursula hunt says
Beautiful looking canapes
Maya Russell says
I think I’d have red wine with these.
ursula hunt says
Great Canapes
Maya Russell says
Lovely, could use maple syrup instead of maple. Shared with G+.