Baked Camembert or Brie with Endive as Scoop
Use endive leaves as spoonto dig into melted cheese is the most easy decadent way to eat baked Camembert or Brie.
A whole wheel of melting Camembert in which you dig endive / chicory as a spoon. How decadent. Simple and delicious.
It’s kind of strange for a French to see a Camenbert called Brie as they are twi different cheeses and that at first glance, you can definitely say, according to the size that the decadent creamy baked brie are… no brie at all but Camenbert. They might look a bit similar but are actually different.
I don’t say that to be rude but just to explain you real French food.
Now the recipe
I’m not giving you a recipe that makes the most beautiful effect for food styling and culinary photography, with exuberant nuts, raisins or cranberries, melting honey… Even garlic or olive oil sometimes. This for two reasons:
- First baked melting brie or Camembert is very sweet and adding even more sweetness with honey or sweet fruits is not what I think works the most together. On the contrary, bitterness of endives / chicory balances very well the smoothness of mild melting cheese, you should try.
- The second reason is that this is how my family have always baked Camembert, so I wanted to show you what’s on a French table, even if the photos are not as nice as in Food magazines. Just French daily home cooking delivered here.
So now on to the most simple two ingredients baked brie or Camembert recipe.

Baked Camembert or Brie with Endive as Scoop
Ingredients
- 1 Camembert or brie
- 4 endives small
Instructions
- Heat oven at 150°C / 300°F.
- Start by removing paper in which cheese is folded in and place Camembert back in the wooden box, only the bottom, keep it uncovered. Remove the top crust as on the photos, you may want to leave a small part all around so that it will keep its shape. Place Camembert on a baking tray or in a metallic tin as I did and bake for about 20 minutes until soft.
- Meanwhile, rinse endive, separate the leaves and place them as on the photos, placing the lid of cheese box in the center and leaves all around as a crown.
- When cheese is melted, place it in the center and serve. A small crust might have formed, mix a bit with a spoon and it will melt in (or you may cover with aluminum foil while baking to avoid this. I don’t as it’s not a big deal in my opinion).
- Et voilà, that’s all. Use endive leaves as a spoon so that at each bite you’ll get cheese and salad.
Bon appétit !
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