Oven baked rustic camembert with Calvados

Method

1. Set the camembert box aside. Remove the waxed paper from around the cheese and prick the cheese all over with a fork or skewer.

2. Place the cheese in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Drizzle both sides of the cheese with calvados and top with the tapenade and garlic. Add the thyme, bay and rosemary, cover and leave to marinate for around 12 hours.

3. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4. Drizzle the cheese with oil from the jar of tapenade.

4. Place the trimmed lavender stalks in the base of the cheese box and set the marinated cheese on top of the lavender. Cover with the box lid, place in the oven and bake for 7-8 minutes.

5. Carefully remove the cheese from the oven and place the box on a serving plate. Remove the lid and leave the cheese to cool for 2-3 minutes.

6. Meanwhile, place the cooked potatoes, pancetta cubes and bread on individual skewers and arrange them around the cheese. To eat, dip the skewered foods into the cheese like a fondue and enjoy.

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Ingredients

1 camembert Cheese, in wooden box
2 tbsp Calvados
2 tbsp tapenade
1 garlic clove, thinly sliced
1 sprig fresh thyme
1 fresh bay leaf
1 sprig fresh rosemary
2 tbsp oil, from tapenade
15 lavender stalks, cut into 5cm lengths
sea salt
freshly cracked pepper

To serve

8 cooked small new potatoes
12x1 cm cubes cooked smoked pancetta
12x1 cm cubes crusty bread

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