In case I haven’t stressed enough times how much I love cheese 🧀, I will say it again – I would give up on pretty much any type of food any day but not on cheese 🧀 😍
Camembert is one of the most famous French cheeses worldwide 🌎 🌍 🌏 According to a legend, in the late 17th century during the time of the French Revolution a woman named Marie Harel had given refuge to a priest who had come from Brie (a town near Paris). The priest shared with her the mastery of great cheese making, hence the similarities between Brie cheese 🧀 and Camembert cheese 🧀 . Marie Harel remains in history as the woman who invented Camembert Cheese of Normandy 🇫🇷.
Camembert cheese 🧀 is a delicate dairy product made from unpasteurised (raw) cow’s milk 🐄 🥛 produced in the Normandy region in France 🇫🇷. It is surrounded by a white rind which is meant to be eaten with the cheese. The cheese is sold in a round wood box 📦 which protects it (as it is very delicate) but at the same time lets it breathe.
Baked Camembert Fromage De Normandie
Description
Camembert cheese can be eaten raw at room temperature. My favourite way of preparing it is to bake it 👩🍳. It is a melting cheese, so that makes it great as an appetizer with a nice glass of wine 🍷.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 180 C. Remove the plastic wrapping of Camembert cheese and place the cheese back in its box
- Score around the top of the rind and cut a square of the top layer
- Peel 1-2 garlic cloves, slice them in half and poke it on top of the cheese. Bake the cheese for about 12-15 minutes
- Take it out and place fresh thyme in the cheese. Add 2-3 squeezes of honey. Bake for 5-7 more minutes
- Take out and serve while hot and melting
