This is a little bit fancy but a whole lot easy – elevate your next cheese platter with this Baked Camembert with a Walnut Honey Topping
This recipe is a variation many of you may know, be it with camembert or brie, warm oozing cheese is just wonderful in any way!
Years ago a friend prepared baked brie with honey and almonds and I thought it was just the coolest thing, of course being me I decided to see if I could make it just a little bit extra and combined a few ideas I found online.
So that brings the delicious topping of a glaze made with walnuts, honey, cranberrys, rosemary and a few extra bits to add to the flavour and crunch. This can be served along side some of my lovely cheeseballs, with fresh fruit, breads and crackers you will be the star of the show!
All you need is
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A wheel of Camembert or Brie
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Runny Honey
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Walnuts
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Cranberries
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Rosemary, fresh or dried
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Butter
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Salt
My theory behind the topping is simply wondering what will be nice together, then adding a dash of this and that and this is what you get! There are a few tips to making this work really well.
First of all you want to make this just before you serve it, so have everything ready for the platter, then it takes around 12-15 minutes to bake the cheese, and 5 mins to prepare the topping. I like to have the platter ready to go, then just do this before we sit down to enjoy it!
To save any hassle I always bake my camembert (or brie) in a ramekin. You absolutely can bake it direct on a tray with baking paper then transfer it to the cheeseboard, but you run the risk of it cracking in the oven or as you transfer it and you won’t want to waste a morsel of it.
The other tip is to score the top of the cheese wheel when you add it to the oven, this helps when you are serving it, as the coating has been broken so easier to scoop.
I pop the cheese in the oven with a little drizzle of honey, for no real reason other than why not, looks pretty, adds to the flavour…..
Then I add the other ingredients to a small saucepan, and over a low heat melt it all together and stir to coat and heat through the rosemary to infuse the flavours all together.
Then I carefully take the ramekin from the oven and pop it straight into the middle of the cheese platter, spoon over the honeyed walnuts and serve!
So so so tasty and special.
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I hope you love this simple recipe for Baked Camembert with Walnut Honey Topping
Baked Camembert with Walnut Honey Topping
Delicious warm baked camembert with a crunchy honey walnut glaze topping.
Ingredients
- 1 Wheel Camembert or Brie, 125 grams approx
- 1 Tablespoon Runny Honey
- 1/3 Cup Walnuts, diced
- 2 Tablespoons Dried Cranberries
- 2 Tablespoons Runny Honey
- 1 teaspoon Rosemary, fresh, finely diced (or half teaspoon dried)
- 1 teaspoon Butter, 5 grams
- Pinch Salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 C Bake
- Prepare your platter with crackers, fruits or breads etc that you wish the final baked cheese to go on.
- Remove the whole camembert or brie wheel in a suitable sized ramekin
- Score the top in a cross cross pattern, this makes serving easier later.
- Drizzle the first measure of runny honey over the top of the cheese
- Place the cheese wheel in the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes until it is soft and melted inside but kept its shape.
- While it is cooking, add the walnuts, cranberries, honey, diced rosemary, butter and a pinch of salt to a small saucepan and heat over a low heat.
- Stirring constantly to combine the flavours, melt the honey and butter and create a lovely sticky coating - approx 4-5 minutes. Careful it does not catch.
- Remove from the heat and set aside
- Remove the ramekin carefully from the oven and place directly onto the serving platter.
- Spoon the walnut honey topping over the cheese
- Serve while hot and enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 174Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 146mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 1gSugar: 17gProtein: 4g
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Anna
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