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Spider Web Brie and Berry Board

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Makes 1 board, serves 10 to 12

Ingredients

  • 1 wheel of brie about 250 g, at room temperature
  • 150 g fresh or frozen blackberries
  • 1 tablespoon caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • 150 g water crackers
  • 1/2 baguette sliced into 1 cm rounds
  • 100 g red or black seedless grapes in small clusters

Instructions

  • Combine blackberries, sugar and lemon juice in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes, pressing the berries with the back of a spoon until broken down and syrupy. Remove from heat and cool for 3 minutes.
  • Set the brie wheel in the centre of a large dark slate or board.
  • Transfer the warm compote to a small piping bag or a zip-lock bag with a corner snipped. Pipe three concentric circles on top of the brie, spacing them about 1 cm apart.
  • Draw a toothpick or skewer from the centre of the brie outward through all three circles, repeating at 8 evenly spaced points around the wheel to create the web pattern.
  • Arrange water crackers and baguette slices in overlapping fans around the brie.
  • Tuck grape clusters into the remaining gaps.
  • Serve immediately while the brie is at room temperature.