Baked Camembert Platter
A baked camembert platter is an entertainer's masterpiece! With cured meats, fruit, caramelised vegetables and crackers.
Servings: 6
Calories: 205kcal
Ingredients
- 2 wheels camembert Note 1
- ½ cup stuffed green olives
- ⅓ cup caramelised onions blitz into smaller pieces, Note 2
- ⅓ cup caramelised fennel blitz into smaller pieces, Note 3
- 3-4 mini blue cheese wedges Note 4
- 1 small red grapes
- 1 small green grapes
- 10-12 thick crackers Note 5
- 10-12 bread slices Note 6
- 10-12 bread crisps Note 7
- 8 slices salami
- 4-6 slices serrano ham
- 10-12 water crackers
- 10-12 wafer thin crackers
- 1-2 teaspoons honey
- thyme
Instructions
- Cheese: remove the packaging from the camembert wheels wheels and then wrap a thick (2 inch) strip of baking paper around each wheel.
- Platter: place a large clean serving platter onto a work surface and place the wrapped (unbaked) cheese on top.
- Olives and caramelised vegetables: next place the bowls of olives, caramelised onions and caramelised fennel around the plate.
- Crackers: start to fill the gaps on the platter with the variety of crackers.
- Grapes: add the grapes to the platter.
- Bake cheese: next, take the 2 wrapped wheels of camembert off the plate, plate them in the microwave and heat on high for 1 minute. Test the top of the cheese with a finger tip and ensure it is soft with little resistance. Then use the baking paper to help transfer the baked camembert back onto the serving platter.
- Bread toasts/crisps: continue to fill gaps in the platter with the toasted bread slices and bread crisps.
- Meat: next make a salami rose (optional) and place it and the serrano ham on opposite sides of the platter.
- Honey and thyme: drizzle honey over the top of the rind of one of the wheels of camembert and then sprinkle thyme across both wheels.
- To serve: provide some small cheese knifes and plates or serviettes for serving.
Notes
- Note 1 - Camembert: the size of your cheese wheels won't matter too much, yet for reference the ones you see in the photos throughout the post are 200 gram/7 oz wheels.
- Note 2 - Caramelised onions: these are leftovers from the caramelised onions recipe. I repurpose them in a different way to how they were originally served. You can do this either in the food processor by blitzing for a few seconds or using kitchen scissors to chop them up. I much prefer their flavor profile to store bought cocktail onions which can be a bit acidic!
- Note 3 -Caramelised fennel: similar to above, these are repurposed leftovers from the caramelised fennel recipe. Again I use the food processor to give them a quick blitz (or use scissors) and they are fine to serve cold or warm.
- Note 4 - Blue cheese wedges: use 1 person size individual portions (wrapper removed) or 1 larger wedge of blue cheese.
- Note 5 - Crackers: thick crackers like ritz or jatz.
- Note 6 - Bread slices: toasted or fresh.
- Note 7 - Bread crisps: in the biscuit aisle. Something different to the other type of bread/crackers that we are using.
- Note 8 - Nutritional information: this will vary widely for this recipe and as such should be used as a guide but not exact measurement. Depending on quantities used, this can be more or less than specified in the recipe card.
Nutrition
Calories: 205kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 797mg | Potassium: 111mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 52IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg