Creamy Whipped Brie With Cranberry Salsa

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups fresh cranberries
• 3 medium green onions, finely chopped
• 1 small red jalapeno chile, seeded and minced
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
• 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 1/2 tablespoons peeled and finely minced fresh gingerroot
• 3/4 lb brie cheese, room temperature
• 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon, zest of
• cracker, of your choice

Recipe

• 1 to prepare the salsa: pulse the cranberries in a food processor until very finely chopped.
• 2 transfer to a bowl.
• 3 stir in the green onions, jalapeno, sugar, salt, cilantro, lemon juice and ginger.
• 4 cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours.
• 5 stir occasionally.
• 6 to prepare the whipped brie: remove the rind from the brie and put the cheese into a food processor with the cream cheese, pepper and lemon zest.
• 7 process until nice and smooth.
• 8 transfer to a serving bowl.
• 9 cover and refrigerate.
• 10 (this can be made 24 hours in advance.) bring to room temperature about 1 hour before serving.
• 11 serve with crackers and the salsa on the side.