Camembert baked with Caramelised Apple, Crème Fraîche & Roasted Hazelnuts
Yes, this is the cheesy dessert you have been looking for!
Another baked cheese, but this time, sweet. If there is a wood-fired oven in your vicinity, use it, as this recipe works very well in one. However, a regular oven is perfectly adequate.
Ingredients:
- 50 g unsalted butter
- 2 red apples, peeled, cored and quartered
- 1½ tablespoons caster sugar
- 80 g (¹⁄³ cup) crème fraîche
- 250 g Camembert, halved horizontally
- 2 tablespoons roasted hazelnuts, chopped
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 220°C conventional.
- Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat, add the apple and sugar and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until the sugar starts to caramelise.
- Remove the apple mixture from the pan and set aside to cool. Divide the crème fraîche between two small round ovenproof ramekins that will comfortably fit the Camembert.
- Top each with a Camembert half and the cooked apple, then transfer to the oven and bake for 8–10 minutes, until oozy (don’t let the Camembert melt too much).
- Sprinkle with the hazelnuts and serve with spoons.
