Camembert cheese has a delicate surface and incorporates an unmistakable flavor that ranges from tender and buttery to normal and marginally tangy. This flexible and wealthy cheese incorporates a touch of class and lavishness into a wide run of dishes.

If you love Camembert, then this is the right place for you. Here are many amazing camembert recipes to treat you to a cheesy delight.

Camembert was first made in the late 18th century in Camembert, Normandy, situated in Northwest France.

1. Nutritional Facts of Camembert Cheese

Camembert cheese is a source of great taste, and it contains nutrition.

Camembert contains minerals and vitamins. Here are some amazing nutritional facts about Camembert cheese:

• Vitamin A: Vitamin A improves our immune system and helps with energy creation.
• Vitamin B12: Like Vitamin A, Vitamin B12 also improves the immune system. It creates healthy cell division, which reduces tiredness.
• Calcium: Calcium is important for our bones as well as for the health of teeth.
• Phosphorus: To maintain the bone and teeth health of children, phosphorus is required.

2. Camembert Cheese Recipes

Camembert cheese is a delight that can be cooked in a thousand splendid ways. Read on to discover a few amazing camembert recipes.

2.1. Baked Camembert – Quick Camembert Recipe

Oven-cook the favorite soft cheese until gooey for this amazing last-minute crowd-pleaser. In summary, a quick recipe for a dinner party is here.

Therefore, cook it and enjoy this tasty delicacy with your family and friends.

2.1.1. Ingredients

• camembert cheese (250 grams)
• one tbsp of vermouth/ dry white wine/kirsch
• two thyme sprigs
• a pinch of dried chili flakes
• Crackers or toasted bread

2.1.2. Method

• Heat the oven at home to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
• Unpack 250 grams of delicious camembert cheese and then place it back into its box. Tie a string around the box of cheese to safeguard it.
• Slit the cheese a few times and then top it with one tbsp of vermouth, dry white wine (kirsch can also be used) and two thyme sprigs.
• Also, put in a pinch of dried chili flakes to enhance the taste.
• Bake it on a baking tray for 20 minutes until gooey.
• Serve this amazing cheese with toasted bread or crackers for dipping. All the cheese lovers will be mesmerized for sure.

2.2. Baked Camembert Dough Ball Platter

The baked camembert dough ball platter is an amazing dough ball platter for many guests. It tastes heavenly when served with rosemary-spiked gooey cheese, ready for some good dipping.

2.2.1. Ingredients

• Unsalted butter (chop down the butter), 115 grams
• Seven grams of fast-action dried yeast, in addition to another 1/2 tsp
• Strong white bread flour (600 grams)
• Two tsp of golden caster sugar
• Drizzle of olive oil (for greasing)
• Two tbsp fine polenta or cornmeal
• Three boxes of camembert (each weighing 250 g)
• One beaten egg
• Three tbsp of poppy seeds
• Three tbsp of sesame seeds
• Toppings for the cheese (optional). Use herbs, for example, rosemary and thyme.

2.2.2. Method

 Step 1

• Warm about 350ml water in a saucepan until steaming
• Remove from the heat, and add butter
• Set it aside to cool down until the cook comfortably puts his/her finger in the liquid.
• Take a large bowl. Mix up the flour, sugar, yeast, and one tsp salt in it or the bowl of a tabletop mixer.
• Put in the cooled liquid and mix it to make a soft dough.
• Knead the dough for 10 minutes by hand. If a mixer is being used, knead it for 5 minutes. By the end of this step, the dough should feel stretchy and smooth.
• Put the dough back in a clean and oiled bowl. Cover it with oiled cling film. Let it rest in a warm place to rise for one and a half to two hours. Let it rest until the dough is doubled in size.

Step 2

• Oil and line the largest baking tray with a baking parchment. Also, grease the parchment and then scatter over the polenta.
• Remove the camembert cheese from the boxes and then place them on the tray. Also, make sure the cheeses are spaced well apart.
• Brush each piece of cheese with a little bit of oil and then slash the tops a few times with the help of a sharp knife. The cook can also poke in some fresh herbs.

Step 3

• Pour the beaten egg into a shallow dish, the poppy seeds in another one, and then the sesame in a third dish.
• Knock out the air of the dough and then knead again for more than a few minutes.
• Now, take a small piece of dough (corresponding roughly to the size of a whole walnut) and then roll it into a ball.
• Dip the top of the ball in the egg and then into one of the dishes of seeds.
• Place it on the baking tray with the seeded side up.
• Now go on rolling and dunking the dough, thereby leaving every third piece seedless. Fill the tray, but leave a slight space between each ball of dough.
• Also, when the cook has used all the dough, he/she may be required to reposition the dough balls because it is important to ensure the baking tray is evenly covered.

Step 4

• Make sure to heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas 4.
• Cover the tray with some sheets of oiled cling film and leave for 30 minutes to one hour. The dough must be doubled in size, and the balls must be touching.
• Bake it for 25-30 minutes until the dough balls are cooked deliciously, and the cheese is oozy and melted.
• Let it rest to cool for five minutes, then serve this delicious delicacy.

2.3. Camembert Pie – Baked Camembert

Is there anyone who doesn’t like to indulge in baked cheese?

It will be yummier if the cook decides to add a layer of quince or cranberry jelly for an extra dimension to this group-sized delicious starter.

2.3.1. Ingredients

• Pack puff pastry (375 grams) (also, the all-butter one is the tastiest)
• plain flour (for dusting purposes)
• five tbsp of quince jelly or cranberry sauce (also, use jelly as an alternative)
• whole round camembert 250 grams 
• One beaten egg
• Sesame seeds (add only if it suits the taste buds)

2.3.2. Method

 Step 1

• Take care to heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7.
• Divide the pastry into half and then roll out each half on a lightly floured area (about the thickness of a £1 coin).
• In the middle of one pastry sheet, spread the jelly into a circle roughly corresponding to the same size as the camembert cheese.
• Rest the camembert cheese on top of it.

 Step 2

• The soft and tasty camembert cheese is to be brushed around by the pastry. Use a certain amount of beaten egg for this purpose.
• Lift the second sheet of pastry on top and mildly press over the cheese, certainly squeezing out the air.
• Make sure to seal it all the way around and then press down with your fingers over all the extra pastry to seal it properly.
• Now, utilize scissors to cut away the extra pastry. However, leave about a 4 cm border around the cheese.
• Use the prongs of a fork on the edges to press down. Certainly, this looks attractive and seals the pastry even more.
• Lift onto a baking tray that is lined properly with baking parchment.
• Brush all over with the egg and then put in a sesame-seed star if it suits the taste buds.

 Step 3

• Bake it for 20-25 minutes until the pastry is brown, crispy, and well-risen around the edges. Cover the star with a square of foil after 20 minutes if it becomes too dark.
• Let it rest for five minutes before cutting it down. Catch the cheesy center as it oozes out, treating everyone with a cheesy delight.
• Baked camembert tastes a whole lot better with this home-baking recipe. Relish this decorative ring and tear-off chunks to dunk-like fondue. Also, it is freezable.

2.4. Melting Cheese with Poppy & Apricot Bread Wreath

Is there someone who loves cheese, or apricots and walnuts?

Here is one of the best camembert cheese recipes for them to relish all three in one dish.

2.4.1. Ingredients

• white bread mix (500 grams)
• walnut pieces (100 grams)
• Apricots that are dried and sliced (140 grams)
• toasted poppy seeds (25 grams)
• milk (400 ml)
• A little bit of oil (for greasing purposes)
• one beaten egg
• One to two soft camembert cheeses in boxes
• A splash of white wine

2.4.2. Method

Step 1

• Add the bread mix into a food processor, and then add the walnuts and whizz until fully mixed.
• Transfer it to a bowl and stir in the apricots, followed by most poppy seeds.
• Warm the milk to a hand temperature and then stir it into the flour mix with the help of a wooden spoon.
• Knead it in the bowl until it is smooth.
• Cover it with oiled cling film, then let it rest somewhere warm to rise for one hour.

Step 2

Take a heatproof dish of a similar size or a bigger one in comparison to the cheese box. Let it rest in the middle of a big baking tray.

Step 3

• Now, shape the risen dough into an elongated, slender log that will wrap around the dish on the sheet.
• Press the ends against each other and then loosely cover them with oiled cling film.
• Let it rest to rise for 20-30 minutes.

 Step 4

• Prepare to heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
• Now, brush the egg over the loaf and sprinkle with the leftover poppy seeds.
• With the help of kitchen scissors, randomly snip into the dough. Certainly, it will give it a spiky finish.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes until it is golden and crusty. The bottom should sound hollow when tapped.
• Now, take away the dish from the middle.

Step 5

• To serve this delicious dish, unwrap the tasty cheese and place it back into the box.
• Stab it a few times, and then add the wine.
• Now, tie the kitchen string around the box to safeguard it if the glue comes undone.
• Let the cheese rest in the middle of the bread, without its lid, and then bake it for 10-15 minutes until it is molten.
• Serve this fantastic dish straight away. If the guests like it, pop another cheese in the oven so they can finish off the bread when the first cheese box is wiped clean.

2.5. Baked Camembert Kit

Wondering what to gift your cheese-lover friends during the festive season?

This baked Camembert Kit is one of the best recipes of camembert to make the perfect gift for them. Also, this box of camembert to warm in the oven and relish with boozy marinated sultanas is unmatched.

2.5.1. Ingredients

• Sultana (100 grams)
• five tbsp of Calvados, PX Sherry, brandy or rum
• one boxed camembert cheese

A small jar, a string or a ribbon, and, a label is also required.

2.5.2. Method

Step 1

• Heat sultanas along with alcohol together until just simmering, and then turn off the heat. Cool it completely.
• Spoon into a small jar and then seal it.
• Place the jar on top of the camembert cheese and tie it together with a string or ribbon.

Step 2

Keep it in the fridge for a week until these are suitable to be given away. Also, add a label with the following instructions:

• Prepare to heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.
• Unwrap the camembert cheese and then remove the wax wrapper or any other packaging.
• Place it back in the box, but don’t forget to remove the lid.
• Cook it for 10 minutes or until the center of the camembert cheese feels very soft.
• Cut a slashed cross in the middle of the cheese, then tip in and over as many of the sultanas as suitable for the taste buds.
• Serve this amazing delicacy with chunks of crusty bread.

2.6. Pan-fried Camembert Sandwich

Are you a big fan of homemade cheesy sandwiches?

If yes, then this is one of the most delicious camembert cheese recipes is the perfect choice.

In summary, a toasted cheese sandwich with camembert cheese oozing out and topped with tasty cranberry sauce is a treat to the taste buds.

2.6.1.Ingredients

• Two thick slices of white bread
• wedge of camembert (about 85 grams)
• A spoonful of a tasty cranberry sauce
• balsamic vinegar (a few drops)
• butter

2.6.2. Method

Step 1

• Add butter to the bread and then put a wedge of camembert on the unbuttered side of one slice of bread.
• Top it with a spoonful of cranberry sauce and then drizzle with a few drops of balsamic vinegar.

Step 2

• Place the second slice of bread on the top with the buttered side out.
• Fry it in a hot, non-stick pan. Press it down with a fish slice for a minute or two on each side until golden brown and melting deliciously.
• Cut the sandwich in half and enjoy it straight away

In The End

Camembert cheese will always be a favorite for cheese lovers. Also, there are too many ways this cheese can be cooked.

Therefore, enjoy these amazing recipes of camembert and discover many more ways to relish this delicacy.

Last Updated on March 6, 2024 by Bhavesh_Dusane