Baked camembert with cranberry chutney

Name: Baked camembert with cranberry chutney
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 200 g fresh cranberries (alternatively deep-frozen); 1 red onion; 3 TABLESPOONS Rapeseed oil; 4 discs Bacon; 2 TABLESPOONS liquid honey; 180 ml apple juice; 1 TEASPOON Cornstarch; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper; 4 Disc/s farmhouse bread; 40 g Pecan kernels; 4 small camemberts (approx. 100 g each); baking paper

AUTHOR
Leta Marks

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

A cheese sandwich as an appetizer sounds bland? Not if bacon, nuts and fruit sauce are draped on top of it for an appetizing still life.

COOK TIME
30 mins

TOTAL TIME
30 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

200 g fresh cranberries (alternatively deep-frozen)
1 red onion
3 TABLESPOONS Rapeseed oil
4 discs Bacon
2 TABLESPOONS liquid honey
180 ml apple juice
1 TEASPOON Cornstarch
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Pepper
4 Disc/s farmhouse bread
40 g Pecan kernels
4 small camemberts (approx. 100 g each)
baking paper

Directions

1
For the chutney, wash fresh cranberries and let them drain briefly. Peel and finely chop the onion. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pot and fry the onion until transparent. Add fresh (or frozen) cranberries with 1 tbsp honey. Pour in 150 ml apple juice, bring to the boil and simmer until the cranberries burst open slightly. Stir starch with remaining juice until smooth and add to the boiling cranberries. Simmer for about 2 minutes while stirring. Season the chutney with salt, pepper and honey and let it cool down.
2
Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan. Fry the bacon for about 3 minutes until crispy. Drain on kitchen paper. Roast the nuts in the remaining frying fat for approx. 2 minutes, stir in 1 tsp honey and caramelise slightly. Spread on baking paper and let it cool down.
3
Preheat oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/circulating air: 180 °C/gas: see manufacturer). Line a baking tray with baking paper. Toast the slices of bread and cut them in half crosswise. Spread the camemberts on the halved bread slices. Place on the baking tray. Bake in a hot oven for about 12 minutes. Take out, arrange on plates with chutney and nuts, break bacon into pieces and spread on top.