Best Baked Camembert
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Best Baked Camembert
Description
This recipe uses a whole Camembert cheese wheel placed in its wooden box or a small baking pot. The top rind is scored deeply in a cross or hatch pattern, allowing flavors to penetrate and the cheese to soften evenly. It is drizzled with honey and garnished with a sprig of rosemary inserted into the cuts, plus a sprinkling of dried red chili flakes, sea salt flakes, and freshly cracked black pepper.
When baked at 350°F (180°C) for 12-15 minutes, the cheese becomes soft and creamy but not hardened or runny. The honey offers sweetness that balances the slight heat from chili flakes and the earthy herb notes from rosemary. The scoring helps the cheese release air and enhances the infusion of flavors.
This baked Camembert is best served fresh from the oven alongside crunchy crackers or toasted bread slices for dipping and spreading. The combination of savory, sweet, and spicy elements makes it a rich appetizer or snack.
The notes suggest an alternative air fryer method at 320°F for 15 minutes using an appropriate container. It is important not to bake the cheese without a container to prevent spilling. The temperature and timing are critical to avoid a hardening of the cheese, so baking longer than recommended is not advised.
Ingredients
- 1 Camembert cheese about 250 g/9 oz, wheel
- 1 prig rosemary
- 1 pinch dried red chili flakes
- 1 tablespoon honey to drizzle
- sea salt to taste, flakes salt; freshly cracked pepper
- black pepper to taste, flakes salt; freshly cracked pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C /350°F (oven fan 160°C). Arrange a baking tray onto the middle shelf.
- Remove the plastic packaging and arrange the Camembert back in its wooden box, or in a small baking pot.
- Score a deep cross or a crosshatch pattern on the top rind of the cheese. Drizzle with honey or extra-virgin olive oil, and insert the leaves of one sprig of rosemary into the gaps.
- Sprinkle with red chili flakes and season with sea salt flakes and optional black pepper.
- Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, and serve with cheese crackers or toasted bread slices.
Notes
- You can bake Camembert in an air fryer at 320°F for 15 minutes using an oven-safe container.
- Always bake the cheese in its wooden box, wrapped with foil, or in a baking pot to prevent cheese from spreading.
- Score the cheese rind deeply to allow flavor infusion and even cooking.
- Do not bake the Camembert longer than 15 minutes to avoid the cheese hardening.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 278 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 278kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 4.7g | 2% |
| Protein | 17.4g | 35% |
| Fat | 21.2g | 33% |
| Saturated Fat | 13.4g | 67% |
| Cholesterol | 63mg | 21% |
| Sodium | 748mg | 31% |
| Potassium | 166mg | 4% |
| Sugar | 4.7g | 9% |
| Calcium | 340mg | 34% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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