Baked Camembert with Honey and Chili Flakes
on Dec 23, 2021, Updated Apr 29, 2024
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Baked camembert with honey and chili flakes! This baked camembert recipe is so easy, and so epic! We’re taking it up a notch with honey & chili flakes. This appetizer looks impressive, it is creamy, delicious and so good!
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This dish takes no time at all, and is best served warm with toasted bread, and we’ve also served with some grapes! Fruits like apples and pears would also go great alongside this recipe. Truly the most melty, cheesy, creamy goodness!
What ingredients do you need for this baked camembert recipe?
- camembert cheese
- olive oil
- honey drizzle
- chili flakes
- rosemary sprigs
- thyme
- sea salt, black pepper
- bread/crostini or crackers
- grapes, fresh berries, or any fruit you prefer!
Steps to make this recipe
Step 1: Score your cheese
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Remove the Camembert from the paper wrapping. Using a sharp knife, score a 1/4th-inch crosshatch into the top of the rind. You can alternatively remove the top rind of the cheese all together, but I personally love scoring it this way if you don’t mind the rind.
Step 2: Season!
Next, you can either keep the cheese in the wooden box, or you can transfer to a small baking dish. A dish with foil also works here as well. Place the dish on a baking tray with parchment paper (just in case it overflows!)
Then, season with olive oil, honey, a sprinkle of chili flakes, salt and pepper on the top of the cheese. Take your rosemary and thyme sprigs and place then in the crevices of your cuts on the cheese, and then season on top as well.
Step 3: Bake & serve
Transfer and bake for 12-15 minutes, until the cheese is soft and oozing. If you undercook this cheese, it will stay hard, and if you overcook it (past 14-15 minutes), it will re-harden. Serve immediately with toasted crusty bread and grapes!
Tips, Tricks and Substitutions
Camembert cheese is from Normandy, France. It’s made from cow’s milk and is a creamy, soft ripened cheese. It has has an edible white rind, which can be eaten as well! The taste and texture is a little bit earthy, nutty and creamy once baked. It is not a type of brie, although it often does get grouped together, however brie is a tad more creamier, especially in it’s raw form. The flavors of camembert, especially when baked are just delicious!
You can serve this on a charcuterie board or platter, baked or in it’s raw form!
Yes, absolutely! You can sub this with a round of brie.
Bake for 12-14 minutes, until the cheese is soft and oozing. If you undercook this cheese, it will stay hard, and if you overcook it (past 14-15 minutes), it will re-harden.
This cheese doesn’t get more cheesy as you continue to cook it, so be sure to not overcook it!
Ingredients like nuts (almonds, pecans and walnuts would work great here!), thinly sliced garlic clove, apples, jam, maple syrup and/or cranberries, cranberry sauce, or raspberry sauce would be awesome additions.
Serve your cheese with:
- Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
- Persimmon & Avocado Salad with a Citrus Vinaigrette
- Chili-Rubbed Sheet Pan Steelhead Trout
- Garlic Herb Roasted Chicken
Other appetizers to check out:
- Roasted Garlic & Herb Yogurt Dip
- Spiced Lamb Pita Chips with Whipped Feta
- Mushroom & Sage Toasts with Whipped Goat Cheese
- Seared Ahi Tuna Cucumber Bites with Wasabi Mayo
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Baked Camembert with Honey and Chili Flakes
Ingredients
- 1 8 ounce round of Camembert Cheese
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon chili flakes, more if you prefer
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- baguette or bread of your choice, toasted
- grapes, to serve
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Remove the Camembert from the paper wrapping. Using a knife, score a 1/4th-inch crosshatch into the top of the rind.
- Next, you can either keep the cheese in the wooden box, or you can transfer to a small baking dish. Place the dish on a baking sheet with parchment (just in case it overflows!)
- Then, season with olive oil, honey, chili flakes, salt and pepper. Take your rosemary and thyme sprigs and place then in the crevices of your cuts on the cheese, and then season on top as well.
- Transfer and bake for 12-15 minutes, until the cheese is soft and oozing. If you undercook this cheese, it will stay hard, and if you overcook it (past 14-15 minutes), it will re-harden. Serve immediately with toasted bread and grapes!
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Nutrition
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So good! Wouldn’t change a thing.
Thank you Lindz!