This will impress a guest, possibly because it involves actual cooking.

Core Ingredients

• Brie or Camembert cheese. The cheapest you can find is perfect.

• Crackers, any type.

Preparation I: By the Wheel

• You’re gonna fully melt the cheese, so you need it to have a rind to con- tain it in the oven.

• Ideally your baking dish has edges so it acts as an extra layer of con- tainment. Especially if you pour a liquid like maple syrup on top before baking.

• Put in the oven at 350°F or 175°C. It’ll probably take about 15 minutes.

• Serve with crackers. Guests will expect a knife to spread the cheese on the crackers but you can dip if you’re not a coward.

Preparation II: By the Cracker

• Put slices of the cheese on crackers on a baking tray.

• Put in the oven at 350°F or 175°C for just long enough to make the cheese melty. Maybe 5 minutes?

Variations Add any of these on top of the cracker or the cheese before baking.

• Maple syrup.

• Dried cranberries.

• Walnuts or other nuts.

• Jam. Peach jam and chopped habanero peppers are a particularly good flavour combination with brie, and you can feel fancy eating it!