Recipe: Baked Camembert Pastries with Bacon & Caramelized Onions

This is a fantastic treat for a special occasion or a perfect starter for guests. Just the smell alone of freshly baked puff pastry and camembert is mouth-wateringly delicious.  

Baked Camembert Pastries with Bacon & Caramelized Onions

Just take a look at how easily you can make this tasty treat with just four main ingredients and a little preparation.

What you will need for the perfect Baked Camembert Pastries with Bacon & Caramelized Onions

Firstly you will need a roll of  ready made puff pastry approximately 300g in size, easily obtainable in most supermarkets in the chilled / fresh section.

Secondly and most importantly a whole Camembert cheese approximately 250g in size.

One small onion and a few slices of bacon to provide the filling. Streaky bacon works best but any sliced bacon will do.

 
Some sea salt granules to finish.

Plus 1 egg (for egg wash) .

Making the perfect Baked Camembert Pastries with Bacon & Caramelized Onions

Before baking, a little preparation is required. Firstly fry the bacon over a medium heat then chop into pieces and set aside, then caramelize the onions over a medium heat and set aside.

Unroll the ready made puff pastry and cut into a circle, roughly 3 times the diameter of the Camembert.

Slice the Camembert in half horizontally and place in the centre of the puff pastry circle.

Spoon on the caramelized onions and crispy bacon to the lower half of camembert as shown.

 

Place the top half of the Camembert over the onions and bacon to reform the original portion.

Then with a sharp knife, cut from the outer edge of the Camembert to the outer edge of the puff pastry circle eight times (simply divide the pastry into eighths as if portioning a pizza).

 
Using a suitably sized glass, equal in size to one of the eighth portions, form a petal shape 8 times.

Then fold each petal of pastry on to the top of the Camembert, sealing each with egg wash as you go.

Sprinkle liberally with granules of sea salt

Bake in a pre-heated oven at 220degC for 20 minutes (adjust accordingly for fan oven).  

The Recipe

Baked Camembert Pastries with Bacon & Caramelized Onions

EQUIPMENT

• Any oven or even an air fryer  (with timing adjusted accordingly)

PREPARATION TIME : 10 minutes

COOKING TIME : 20 minutes (approx.)

SERVINGS : 4 to 6

INGREDIENTS

• 1 roll of  ready made puff pastry (300g approx.)
• 250g Camembert
• 2 tsp of caramelized onions (pre-cooked)
• 2 tsp of crispy bacon pieces (pre-cooked) 
• Sea salt granules
• 1 egg (for egg wash) 

STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS

1. Fry the bacon over a medium heat then chop into pieces and set aside
2. Caramelize the onions over a medium heat and set aside
3. Unroll the ready made puff pastry and cut into a circle, roughly 3 times the diameter of the Camembert
4. Slice the Camembert in half horizontally and place in the centre of the puff pastry circle
5. Spoon on the caramelized onions and crispy bacon to the lower half of camembert
6. Place the top half of the Camembert over the onions and bacon to reform the original portion
7. With a sharp knife, cut from the outer edge of the Camembert to the outer edge of the puff pastry circle eight times (simply divide the pastry into eighths as if portioning a pizza) 
8. Using a suitably sized glass, equal in size to one of the eighth portions, form a petal shape 8 times
9. Fold each petal of pastry on to the top of the Camembert, sealing each with egg wash as you go 
10. Sprinkle liberally with granules of sea salt
11. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 220degC for 20 minutes (adjust accordingly for fan oven)

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