Baked brie with red wine and garlic

I first got the idea for this baked brie from watching an episode of Masterchef. It was one of the later seasons, the one where Adam and Callum were the finalists. There was a gourmet cheese master class that had a fancy British guy teaching the recipe for this. I watched eagerly, I saw the gooey strands of cheese and the crusty bread that went with it. I thought to myself, I can do that. The brainchild of many an attempted recipe.

I make this in many, many different ways but the basic recipe remains the same.  Soft cheese, red wine, garlic and whatever herbs you have. I've use rosemary, dill, thyme, lemon thyme and whatever else you want. Blanch the garlic, poke lots of holes, shove the garlic in, top up with wine and then bake until gooey.

The soft cheese goes all gooey and liquidy, the garlic goes soft, sweet and mellow and oh god the smell of this is absolutely glorious. It is very easy and requires few ingredients, what else do you need?

Baked brie with red wine and garlic

Ingredients:
1 brie or Camembert, any size will do
1 clove of garlic
How water
Red wine
Enough snipped up herbs to sprinkle over the top

All you need is this~

1. Finely slice your garlic clove and blanch it in hot water for a minute. Drain and pat dry. Turn the oven onto 180C.

Blanch!

2. Stab lots a hole for each slice of garlic into the top of the cheese. If you want, you can slice off the rind at the top before doing this, but I normally keep it on.

Lots of slits!

3. Put a piece of garlic into each hole.

4. Splash some wine over the top of the cheese and allow the wine to soak in. Sprinkle the herbs on top if you're using any.

5. Bake the cheese in a ramekin/oven proof bowl/it's box until gooey and golden. Generally about 15-20 minutes at 180C.

Looks gross but its delicious.

6. Serve with crusty bread!