Start the evening off with this simple yet elegant appetizer that beautifully showcases the rich, buttery flavour of sweet onions and pecans.

Ingredients:

2 tbsp butter 25 mL

2 Southern U.S. Vidalia or Texas 1015 Sweet Onions, 2 sliced into 1-inch [2.5-cm] rings

1/2 tsp each: salt and pepper 2 mL

1/2 cup sherry [optional] 125 mL

1/4 cup chopped Southern U.S. Pecans 50 mL

2 sheets filo pastry 2

7 oz brie wheel 210 g

1/2 cup red pepper jelly 125 mL

2 tbsp melted butter 25 mL

1 green onion, white part cut off 1

Directions:

In skillet over medium-high heat, melt butter.

Add onions, salt and pepper; cook until onions brown. Add sherry; bring to boil.

Reduce heat and simmer until liquid evaporates, about 10 minutes.

Stir in pecans.

On baking sheet, place filo pastry; top with brie.

On top of brie, spread jelly.

Brush filo edges with butter; roll edges over sides of brie, leaving top bare.

Place onion mixture on top of brie.

Bake in 350(F [180(C] oven until pastry is golden, about 15 minutes.

Serve warm.

For decoration, tie green onion around center of brie bundle.

(source-www.newscanada.com)