This is a good representation of New Orleans’ Palace Café’s delicious appetizer

Ingredients:

• 2 Golden Delicious or Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and cut into bite-size pieces
• 5 fresh roasted garlic pods
• ½ cup brown raisins
• ½ cup golden raisins
• ½ cup chopped pecans
• ½ stick butter
• 1 TBS olive oil
• ½ tsp garlic salt
• 1/8 tsp allspice
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 2 TBS sherry, brandy, or Grand Marnier
• 6 rounds of brie cheese
• Curly leaf lettuce for serving bed

Instructions:

1. Combine apples, garlic, raisins and pecans into a bowl and mix well
2. In a skillet, melt butter with olive oil and add garlic salt and next 4 ingredients; simmer for 2-3 minutes; combine with apple-raisin mixture
3. Bake brie rounds in a 350° oven for 10-12 minutes
4. Assemble the cheese on bed of lettuce and place other ingredients around and over the cheese; serve hot

Serves 8-10