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Baked Camembert with Garlic Ciabatta Toasts

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Baked Camembert with Garlic Ciabatta Toasts

Fingers of hot garlic toast dunked into melted parchment-baked cheese are great for sharing.

  • Vegetarian
Preparation time:
15 minutes
Cooking time:
10 minutes
Total time:
25 minutes 25 minutes
Serves:
 Serves 4 as a starter or 2 as a main course

Ingredients

  • 220g Camembert
  • ½ x 15g pack fresh thyme
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
  • For the garlic toasts
  • 1 pack Waitrose Italian-style Ciabatta Rolls
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic, cut in half
  • ½ x 20g pack fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • Sea salt

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C, gas mark 6. Lay the cheese in the centre of a 30cm-square piece of baking parchment. Using the point of a sharp knife, make lots of deep slits in the surface of the cheese. Place the garlic slices, along with a little piece of thyme, into each slit.
  2. Drizzle the surface of the cheese with the tablespoon of oil and add a scattering of coarsely ground black pepper. Gather the parchment up to form a purse and tie with kitchen string. Bake for about 10 minutes until the cheese is melted in the middle.
  3. Meanwhile, make the fingers of toast. Preheat the grill to medium. Cut the mini ciabatta in half diagonally and then cut each piece in half lengthways to make thin, elegant fingers. Toast the bread until golden. Drizzle with olive oil and rub generously with the cut garlic clove. Scatter lightly with the parsley, rubbing it into the bread so that it sticks. Sprinkle with a little sea salt.
  4. Remove the cheese from the oven and serve immediately in the paper. Use the garlic toasts as scoops.

Cook's tips

Other types of cheese with a rind, will also work well cooked in this way. Try Vacherin Mont d'Or.

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Claire Allison

Claire Allison 06 December 2009 10:29

Quick, easy and delicious!

forgetmenot

forgetmenot 18 November 2007 14:15

Hi from forgetmenot, This is a great way to start an evening quick and simple, why not try two mins in the micowave even easer,

sydenham

sydenham 26 September 2007 10:26

Absolutely scrummy and really really easy.

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Nutritional Info

Typical values per serving:
Energy 496.0kcal
Sugars 1.9g
Fat 30.1g
Saturated Fat 10.4g
Salt 1.9g

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This recipe was first published on Waitrose.com in May 2006