Baked Camembert
In this recipe, very similar to the hot box, a Camembert cheese is baked in the oven, surrounded by baked potatoes set on a fondue of onions.
A delicious and comforting winter dish.
A delicious and comforting winter dish.
6,377 1/5 (1 reviews)
1 hour 25 min.
Easy
8 people
5 IngredientsLast modified on: February 16th 2025
For 8 people, you will need:
- 1
8 ½ cups potatoes - 2
2 Camemberts cheese - 3
teaspoon onion fondue - 4
8 tablespoons oil - 5
1 ½ tablespoon butter
Change measures:
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 55 min.
Cooking: 30 min.
All in all: 1 hour 25 min.
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: 18:05.Change end time
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
Peel, wash and cut into large 8 ½ cups potatoes pieces.
Stage 2 - 30 min.
Cook in salted water until tender.
Stage 3 - 2 min.
Drain and set aside.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Remove the Camembert from its box and paper, then score the top with a knife.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Place the Camembert cheese in the middle of the dish, then spread it around in an even teaspoon onion fondue layer.
Stage 7 - 2 min.
Pour over the potatoes and season lightly with salt and pepper.
Stage 8 - 3 min.
Using a pastry brush, coat the top of the Camembert and potatoes with a little oil to give them a nice color when cooked.
Stage 9 - 30 min.
Place in the oven at 200°C (390°F) for around 30 minutes, watching carefully for browning at the end.
Stage 10
Serve hot, sharing camembert, potatoes and onions, and enjoy!
Remarks
The quantities of potatoes and onions are very indicative, so feel free to adapt them to your taste or to what you have at home.
For serving once cooked, you can also quickly stir the contents of the dish before serving.
For serving once cooked, you can also quickly stir the contents of the dish before serving.
Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, protected by cling film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 210 RDI=80 % | 830 RDI=80 % | 570 RDI=90 % | 4,870 RDI=240 % | 20,400 RDI: 240 % |
| Per 100 g | 6 RDI=3 % | 30 RDI=2 % | 20 RDI=3 % | 160 RDI=8 % | 650 RDI: 8 % |
| Per person | 30 RDI=10 % | 100 RDI=10 % | 70 RDI=10 % | 610 RDI=30 % | 2,550 RDI: 30 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 8 people : 4.80 €
- Per person : 0.60 €
Change currency: 
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
Potatoes
Like these other recipes: Zucchini and potato scarpaccia, Express sauerkraut, Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Fisherman's Ragout, Avengers' potatoes, ... See them all 81
Onion fondue
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs in tomato shells, Loaf for "les filles'", Boulangère potatoes, Montlebon toast, Rosemary steamed fish, ... See them all 7
Butter
Like these other recipes: Fraisier (French strawberry cake), Turnip and Jerusalem artichoke soup, Cockles and cabbage with smoky cream sauce, Roscoff loaf, Apple and almond gratin, ... See them all 466
Oil
Like these other recipes: How to prevent butter burning during cooking, Comtois surprise bread, Ardennes Salad, Melting Epoisses on toast , Bistro-style cabbage salad, ... See them all 91
Other recipes you may also like
Fruit crumble
A fruit pudding: very easy to do and delicious: just a layer of fruit with a golden crunchy topping.February 21th 2011358 K4.0 1 hour 15 min.
Candied grapefruit peel
Not really a dessert, more a kind of sweet. After soakiing, strips of grapefruit skin are cooked very slowly to conservethem in sugar. It's a real treat with coffee at the end of a meal.December 20th 2018376 K 14 1 day 1 hour 25 min.
Passion fruit jellies
Usually to make fruit jellies or (fruit "paste"), it's like jam but you need to cook fruit pulp and sugar much longer. Unfortunately, this long cooking is bad for both vitamins and flavour. In this recipe we use a special jam gelling agent, to reduce cooking time as much as possible .July 4th 2018334 K4 2 hours 30 min.
Vanilla sugar
Almost essential in patisserie, you can find it in expensive little sachets of about 10g. It's necessary to distinguish between the vanilla sugar which really contains vanilla, and vanillin sugar, purely chemical which has never seen a vanilla pod. Here is how to quickly make a whole jar full of...August 12th 2018421 K 15 30 min.
How to cook Morteau sausage well
This is, in my opinion, the best smoked sausage. You can cook it in a number of ways, here are three of the best known.November 15th 20182.77 M 23.4 40 min.
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2025-05-18)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post a comment or question
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.