Baked camembert with cranberry

🧀 Basic Baked Camembert with Cranberries & Garlic

Ingredients (serves 4–6):

• One 250 g Camembert, in wooden box or foil-lined dish hillstreetgrocer.com+15realfood.tesco.com+15savorydiscovery.com+15reddit.com+5reddit.com+5reddit.com+5

• 2–3 cloves garlic, smashed

• A few rosemary or sage sprigs (optional) reddit.com+2realfood.tesco.com+2reddit.com+2reddit.com+6jamieoliver.com+6reddit.com+6

• 1 small handful fresh cranberries jamieoliver.com

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 200 °C/400 °F fan (220 °C conventional).

2. Remove plastic; leave Camembert in box/foil. Score top with X’s and tuck garlic & herbs into slits. Scatter cranberries on top.

3. Bake for 20–25 minutes, until cheese is bubbly and cranberries burst slightly.

4. Serve hot with crusty bread, crackers, apple or celery—perfect for dipping edmondscooking.co.nz+4jamieoliver.com+4hellofresh.co.uk+4reddit.com+15realfood.tesco.com+15savorydiscovery.com+15edmondscooking.co.nz+2middleeastsector.com+2savorydiscovery.com+2.

🌿 Sophisticated Cranberry‑Thyme‑Pistachio Camembert

Ingredients (serves 4–6):

• 1 Camembert (~250 g)

• 100 g fresh cranberries

• 30 g shelled pistachios, roughly chopped

• 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves

• 1 tbsp honey and 1 tbsp olive oil (optional finishing drizzle)

• Salt & pepper to taste realsimple.com+12savorydiscovery.com+12middleeastsector.com+12

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 180 °C (350 °F).

2. Score top of cheese in criss-cross pattern.

3. Toss cranberries, pistachios, thyme, honey, olive oil, salt, and pepper.

4. Spoon the mixture over the Camembert.

5. Bake for 15–20 minutes, until cheese is melty and toppings fragrant.

6. Serve with baguette, crackers, or fruit—even a light white wine or cider pairs beautifully theguardian.com+15savorydiscovery.com+15greatbritishchefs.com+15.

Reddit love this version too:

“Once baked, guests dunk bread sticks into gooey camembert and cranberry‑nut mix” realfood.tesco.com+1reddit.com+1reddit.com+5reddit.com+5reddit.com+5

🍁 Festive Baked Camembert with Spiced Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients (serves 6):

• 200 g Camembert

• Homemade spiced sauce:

  • 350 g cranberries

  • ½ cup honey, 3 Tbsp brown sugar

  • 1 cinnamon stick, 4 cardamom pods, ¼ tsp nutmeg & cloves

  • ¾ cup water, zest of 1 orange, 2 Tbsp crystallized ginger, tablespoon orange liqueur theguardian.com+13hillstreetgrocer.com+13ritchies.com.au+13

Instructions:

1. Simmer sauce for about 10 min until thickened; finish with zest, ginger, and liqueur.

2. Bake Camembert at 180 °C for 10–15 min, then let rest 5 min.

3. Spoon the sauce over the cheese and garnish with fresh cranberries, rosemary, and walnuts hillstreetgrocer.com. Serve warm.

✨ Tips & Serving Notes

• Puff pastry twist: Wrap Camembert + cranberry sauce in puff pastry and bake for a golden “en croute” version hellofresh.co.uk+1reddit.com+1.

• Air‑fryer hack: Arrange cheese and cranberries in a small foil boat; cook at 180 °C for ~12 min .

• Make‑ahead friendly: Prep toppings ahead, assemble just before baking.

• Dippers: Pick baguette, crackers, apple slices, or even celery sticks.

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