Camembert And Roasted Garlic Food

CAMEMBERT AND ROASTED GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place the garlic cut side down in a large roasting pan. Add the butter, oil, a pinch of salt, a couple of twists of black pepper, the honey, rosemary, and bay leaves and bake in the oven for 40 to 45 minutes. After 30 to 35 minutes, put a large cross in the top of the Camembert and add it to the oven. Make sure the plastic covering and lid is removed, but it is still in its cardboard box. Add the French baguette to warm up too.
• Once the garlic is soft, the bread is extra crunchy, and the cheese is all soft and gooey, remove from the oven.
• Serve everything on a big sharing plate. Break off a piece of crusty bread, then squeeze out the tender flesh of the garlic along with a healthy dose of cheese and smear it liberally over the bread.
• Serve with a chutney or relish and a good glass of red wine.

HERB AND GARLIC BAKED CAMEMBERT

Steps:

• Heat:
• The oven to 350°F.
• Assemble:
• Most Camembert comes in a little wooden crate. If yours does, remove the crate lid and any packaging or wrappers around the cheese, and place it back inside the basket. Yes, it is safe to bake it right in there for the short time that this recipe calls for. If you're nervous about leakage, you can wrap the Camembert in foil or line the basket with parchment paper as a layer of protection. Place the cheese in the wooden crate on a baking tray.
• With a thin sharp knife, make gridlike cuts in the cheese, 3 or 4 in each direction, about 1 inch apart and going about 1 inch deep into the cheese but without cutting through the bottom rind. Use your knife tip to "open" each cut and your fingers to press a little sliver of garlic into each cut. Combine the olive oil with the thyme, rosemary, salt, and pepper in a small dish. Spread thickly on top of the cheese.
• Bake:
• For 15 to 20 minutes, until the cheese is loose inside the rind. Serve immediately with crackers.

BAKED CAMEMBERT WITH GARLIC AND HERBS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Remove Camembert from wooden box and remove and discard any plastic wrapping. Place wheel of cheese back into the wooden box.
• Using a sharp knife, score the top of the cheese in a crisscross pattern about 1-inch deep. If desired, remove the top rind.
• Press garlic slices into the scores. Sprinkle with rosemary and thyme leaves, pushing a few into the scores. Drizzle top of Camembert cheese with olive oil and season with freshly cracked salt and pepper. Wrap box with foil to prevent drips (leaving the top open) and place on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and remove the foil. Serve the cheese in its box immediately.

CAMEMBERT BAKED IN THE BOX WITH GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200°C/Gas 6.
• Please note; The Camembert must be whole and in it's wooden box.
• Chop the garlic very finely.
• Remove the cheese from it's box - take off the wrapping then put the cheese back in the box.
• Make about 6 tiny holes in the top rind of the cheese and drizzle the wine into them.
• Sprinkle the garlic on top.
• Put the lid back on the box and bake in the oven for about 25 to 30 minutes, until hot and bubbling.
• Serve the melted cheese in it's box, dipping in some gherkins or just some nice fresh crusty bread.