Cheese, Glorious Cheese (1986)

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Wanna know why I could never be a vegan? This. 



Of these, I have never had port du Salut or limburger (which earns this post the "odors" tag). My ethnically German grandfather loved the stuff, but I wouldn't go near it when I was a kid. 

ETA: This is American Cheese Month! 

Comments

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I wish they had posted a recipe! :)

Former cheesemonger at your service!

[jocelmeow.livejournal.com]

Brie en croute is simple. Take a wheel of Camembert (they're the little ones) or anything up to a 1-kilo Brie wheel (they start to show up in the run up to Thanksgiving most places) and a package of frozen puff pastry. Thaw your puff pastry according to the package instructions. For a larger-sized wheel, you may need to roll the pastry out to be larger. Wrap cheese in pastry. Bake at 400-425 for 25-30 minutes. Let it stand for a bit after you take it out of the oven, because molten cheese is no fun for your upper palate.

If you want, you can split the cheese horizontally before you wrap it and spread fruit preserves and sprinkle nuts of your choice on the inside. But many cheesemongers think to do so is sort of déclassé.

Re: Former cheesemonger at your service!

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

That sounds pretty straightforward - and delicious! I will have to try this. I will try to restrain myself and not destroy my mouth with the hot molten cheese, but I make no promises!

Re: Former cheesemonger at your service!

[jocelmeow.livejournal.com]

I see that Pepperidge Farm (http://www.puffpastry.com/all_about_brie.aspx) has a whole webpage about this. Dufor puff pastry (http://www.dufourpastrykitchens.com/products-puff.php) is better for being all butter (instead of shortening like PF) but it's harder to find.

Re: Former cheesemonger at your service!

[misstia]

i prefer my brie as a savory than as a sweet.....so if you don't like the camembert or brie with fruit preserves try it with herbs....

i take a small whell of brie, cut it in half the long way (through the circle) then rub it with some crushed garlic, then sprinkle some rosemary, thyme and a touch of orange peel....put the top half back on, wrap it in foil and heat at 250 for about 20 minutes...then slice it up like pizza slices and serve on crusty bread or with pears (comice pears if you can find them).....

Re: Former cheesemonger at your service!

[koboldmaki.livejournal.com]

I just made this, with herbs instead of fruit, and it was DELICIOUS. So delicious I had to post about how delicious it was, in fact.

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[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I coming over so don't eat it all! ;)