Rosemary and garlic baked Camembert

In my eyes, a girls night in calls for a pretty special supper. My housemate Aimee and I had been talking for ages about having baked Camembert, and we decided that seeing as it was only us in the house, tonight was the perfect opportunity to have it.

For rosemary and garlic baked Camembert you will need:

1 whole Camembert
2 cloves of garlic, sliced in half
A few pinches of fresh rosemary

Dipping implements - we went for a nice crusty ciabatta

Preheat your oven to 180°C

If you don't have a ceramic Camembert baker (and why on earth wouldn't you?!) then you can just wrap the Camembert in silver foil instead.

Unwrap the Camembert and use a sharp knife to cut the top bit of rind off to expose the cheese beneath

Place the Camembert in your ceramic baker (or on the silver foil) and stab the rosemary stalks into the cheese. Make a few slits and push the sliced garlic in.

Pop the sliced-off rind atop the cheese, put the lid on the baker (or wrap the silver foil up) and place in the oven for 15 minutes, or until the cheese has gone molten and delicious

Serve with your dipping implements and dig in!

Now excuse us while we curl up under our duvets and watch Despicable Me...

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