This easy Turkey Cranberry Baked Brie Braid tastes like a bite of Thanksgiving. A delicious braided puff pastry recipe with turkey, cranberry sauce, apples, bacon and more! This is an amazing recipe for a Friendsgiving dinner or to make with Thanksgiving leftovers.

This easy savory braided turkey dish is like taking a bite of Thanksgiving! A great family dinner recipe or holiday party appetizer anytime of the year. LivingLocurto.com
Turkey Cranberry Baked Brie Braid – Easy Puff Pastry Recipe for Leftovers

Turkey Cranberry Baked Brie Braid

This easy Turkey Cranberry Baked Brie Braid is a delicious puff pastry recipe with turkey, cranberry sauce, apples, bacon and more! Bake it with fresh ground turkey or use your leftover turkey from Thanksgiving. Every bite tastes like biting into Thanksgiving dinner all at once.

I love making desserts with puff pastry like this amazing chocolate braid, so I thought making something savory would be just as good!

It all started when Honeysuckle White Turkey invited me to learn more about them by visiting a local turkey farm here in Texas.

I joined two other food bloggers in Austin where we each got paired with different turkey farmers, then based on the experience of our visit, created a recipe to celebrate an early Thanksgiving dinner with our farmers.

Turkey Cranberry Baked Brie Braid - Amazing Puff Pastry Recipe for Thanksgiving Leftovers

 

Meeting a Turkey Farm Family

Honeysuckle White works with over 700 independent farmers and all turkeys are raised without growth-promoting antibiotics. This is very important as we all want to feed our family the best quality foods!

Texas Food blogger Amy Locurto takes a Honeysuckle White Turkey Farm Tour.

Behind the Scenes of a Food Commercial

While I was at the turkey farm, a production crew was filming my visit. It was a full day of shooting at the farm. Here’s some behind the scene photos. 

Texas Food blogger Amy Locurto takes a Honeysuckle White Turkey Farm Tour. Behind the scenes video shoot with blogger.

Texas Food blogger Amy Locurto takes a Honeysuckle White Turkey Farm Tour. Behind the scenes video shoot.

Friendsgiving Dinner

The next day, we had a special event planned at a beautiful location for our dinner with the farmers.

Beautiful Fall Table Decorations

I couldn’t stop taking photos. Can you blame me?

Beautiful Fall Table Decorations and Autumn Flowers

After shopping for our recipe ingredients we headed into the kitchen to start cooking. It was fun to cook a turkey dinner alongside my food blogger friends!

Texas Food blogger Amy Locurto takes a Honeysuckle White Turkey Farm Tour. Behind the scenes video shoot with blogger.

Turkey Cranberry Apple Baked Brie Braid Recipe

My recipe was created for anyone who is hosting a friendsgiving or Thanksgiving for the first time.

Here is quick rundown of the Savory Turkey Cranberry Apple Baked Brie Braid recipe. It’s SO GOOD!

Ingredients you’ll need:

  • Granny smith apple
  • Cranberry sauce
  • Ground cinnamon
  • Olive oil
  • Garlic clove
  • Fresh rosemary chopped
  • Dried thyme
  • Ground turkey or (leftover turkey)
  • Ground chipotle pepper
  • Brie cheese
  • Bacon
  • Frozen puff pastry
  • Egg

Do you take the rind off the brie before baking?

Baked brie is made by baking brie cheese inside of a puff pastry. Get my sister-in-laws amazing baked brie recipe here. Yes, you’ll want to remove the rind before making this recipe.

Quick Step-by-Step Photos of How to Make a Turkey Braid:

Step 1:

Mix chipotle spices, garlic, fresh rosemary, thyme and bacon crumbles with the turkey meat and place onto a sheet of puff pastry.

Top the turkey with brie and my homemade fast and easy cranberry apple sauce.

This easy savory braided turkey dish is like taking a bite of Thanksgiving! A great family dinner recipe or holiday party appetizer anytime of the year. LivingLocurto.com

Step 2:

Next, you’ll want to slice the puff pastry to begin the braid.

This easy savory braided turkey dish is like taking a bite of Thanksgiving! A great family dinner recipe or holiday party appetizer anytime of the year. LivingLocurto.com

Step 3:

Start by folding the bottom and the top over the turkey mixture, then crisscross the pieces to look like a braid. Tuck under any extra pieces.

Add an egg wash over the top before baking.

This easy savory braided turkey dish is like taking a bite of Thanksgiving! A great family dinner recipe or holiday party appetizer anytime of the year. LivingLocurto.com

No matter how you braid this dish, you CAN NOT mess it up. Look at how pretty it turns out!

This easy savory braided turkey dish is like taking a bite of Thanksgiving! A great family dinner recipe or holiday party appetizer anytime of the year. LivingLocurto.com

After a long day of cooking, we got changed and ready to meet all of the turkey farmers for dinner.

I’m so happy that I caught my friends, Yvette and Tanya’s personalities in this photo. Not only did I get to meet some amazing turkey farmers, but also inspiring bloggers!

Honeysuckle White Turkey Farm Tour. Behind the scenes Thanksgiving Dinner.

Isn’t this a gorgeous Thanksgiving dinner table? 

This easy savory braided turkey dish is like taking a bite of Thanksgiving! A great family dinner recipe or holiday party appetizer anytime of the year. LivingLocurto.com

Texas Food blogger Amy Locurto takes a Honeysuckle White Turkey Farm Tour. Behind the scenes Thanksgiving Dinner.

What a special day! I’m so thankful to have met such wonderful farmers who are the heart of our country.

Texas Food blogger Amy Locurto takes a Honeysuckle White Turkey Farm Tour. Behind the scenes Thanksgiving Dinner.

 

Easy Turkey Cranberry Apple Baked Brie Braid Recipe

I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do!

This easy savory braided turkey dish is like taking a bite of Thanksgiving! A great family dinner recipe or holiday party appetizer anytime of the year. LivingLocurto.com

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Turkey Cranberry Baked Brie Braid

This easy Turkey Cranberry Baked Brie Braid is a delicious puff pastry recipe with turkey, cranberry sauce, apples, bacon and more! Bake it with fresh ground turkey or use leftover turkey from Thanksgiving.
Total Time55 minutes
Yield: 8
Author: Amy Locurto
Calories: 539kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 granny smith apple peeled and diced
  • 14 oz whole cranberry sauce (1 can)
  • teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary chopped
  • ½ teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1 lb. ground turkey (Or leftover turkey, chopped)
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • teaspoon ground chipolte pepper rind removed
  • 8 oz brie cheese
  • 3 slices bacon cooked and diced
  • 2 sheets frozen puff pastry
  • 1 egg, beaten

Instructions

Preheat Oven

  • Preheat oven to 400° and remove puff pastry from freezer to thaw.

Prepare the Ingredients

  • In a medium bowl, mix cranberry sauce, apples and cinnamon. Set aside.
  • Cook bacon over medium-high heat in a large pan. Remove cooked bacon, set aside to cool.
  • In the same pan, heat olive oil and add garlic. Stir for a few minutes.
  • Stir in rosemary, thyme and crumbled bacon then turn off the heat.
  • Add the turkey to pan, sprinkle with salt, chipolte pepper and stir all ingredients together.
  • Slice the brie cheese.

Layer Ingredients on Puff Pastry

  • On a parchment lined baking sheet, roll out a puff pastry.
  • Spoon half of the turkey mixture in the middle of the puff pastry. Form into a rectangular loaf.
  • Cover the loaf with several slices of cheese.
  • Cover the cheese with 2-3 spoonfuls of the cranberry and apple sauce.

Make the Braid

  • Cut strips along the edges of the dough. Make as many cuts along the sides as you want, just make sure to have the same amount on each side.
  • After cutting 6-8 strips of dough on the sides, you are ready to braid.
  • Fold the top and the bottom ends over the turkey, then cross the side strips
  • Repeat with the second puff pastry.

Egg Wash

  • Make an egg wash with one beaten egg and a splash of cool water.
  • Brush each pastry with the egg wash.

Bake

  • Bake for 25-30 minutes until the braid is golden brown.
  • Use a food thermometer to make sure the turkey is 165°F before eating.
  • Let set for at least 5 minutes, then slice and serve.

Notes

If using leftover cooked turkey, toss the turkey with a few spoonfuls of broth or water to keep it from getting over-dry while the pastry is cooking.
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Course: dinner
Cuisine: American
Keyword: 10 minute dinner, appetizer, cranberry, friendsgiving, ground turkey, leftovers, puff pastry, thanksgiving, turkey

Nutrition

Calories: 539kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 469mg | Potassium: 258mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 55IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 2mg

Originally published on November 17, 2016 – Updated 2024

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10 Comments

  1. Hi I was trying to search for your cranberry Apple sauce… Do you have the recipe on your site?
    Thanks in abance

  2. Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving too! You made the BEST turkey I’ve ever eaten. I can’t wait to try to recreate it. Thanks for the recipe. I can’t wait to see you again!

  3. You are an amzing person; I was truly honored to have met you! This post beautifully capture that feast and your dish was a true hit! I hope you have the best Thanksgiving. I sure hope our paths cross again!

  4. So wonderful to meet you Amy! Your photos are stunning. Wish we were neighbors. I had a blast with you and Tanya!!!

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