Hot Honey Baked Camembert

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Let me share with you the most irresistible to serve baked camembert!

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: French

Servings:

Author: Chris Collins

Cost: £2 / $2.50

Equipment

Sharp Knife & Chopping Board
Baking Paper
Small Baking Dish (for camembert - optional)
Large Baking Tray
2 Small Bowls/Ramekins (one for honey, one for garlic butter)
Brush

Ingredients

Camembert

1x 250g/9oz round block of Camembert (see notes)
2 tbsp Honey
1/2 tsp Hot Sauce (I use Cholula)
1/4 tsp Chilli Flakes, or to preference

Bagel Chips

2x Bagels
3 tbsp / 45g Butter, melted
2 tsp very finely diced Fresh Parsley
1 large clove of Garlic, finely grated/diced then mashed into a paste with the side of your knife

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F.
Unwrap the camembert and place it in a small baking dish lined with baking paper. If you don't have a dish/oven-friendly ramekin where the camembert perfectly fits, just line the box it came in with baking paper and use that. If it didn't come in a box, make a tight parcel with aluminium foil. Anything that will catch leakage. In all cases, if one side of the camembert is more dipped than the other, place it dip-side-up (keeps the honey contained).
In a small bowl or ramekin combine the honey, chilli flakes and hot sauce. Score the top of the camembert in a criss-cross pattern. If there is no dip in the camembert, gently press down on the top to create one. Drizzle over the honey then place in the middle of a large baking tray.
Slice the bagels in half, then slice into chips around 1/4" thick. Spread out on the baking tray. Combine the melted butter with garlic and parsley then evenly brush over one side of each of the chips.
Bake everything in the oven for 12-15 minutes, or until the camembert is gooey right through the centre (you can gently insert a knife through the top to check) and the chips are golden and crisp. The chips will likely be done around 12 minutes and the camembert 15 minutes, so just place the camembert back alone for the extra 3 minutes.
Serve up and enjoy!

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Notes

a) What to bake the camembert in? - I actually have a tiny cast-iron pan which fits Camembert so perfectly. I like to use something like this because it retains heat and keeps the camembert warmer for longer once out of the oven. It also catches the honey/cheese when it leaks. I find the boxes a little flimsy, but they do a pretty good job, so long as it's lined with baking paper! The camembert will do everything in its power to burst, so you want something to keep it contained.

b) Hot honey - If you don't have hot sauce just use chilli flakes and work to preference. This thins out a lot as the cheese bakes, so just be aware if your Camembert is completely flat on top a lot of it will slide off.

c) Bagel chips - I just use plain bagels since they're getting brushed in garlic butter. For reference, the bagels I use are around 3oz-3.5oz/90-100g each.

d) Garlic - Try and this is fine as you can, just so it's dispersed through the butter and reaches all of the chips.

e) Calories - Whole recipe divided by 4.-

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