Air Fryer Baked Camembert

A molten camembert in 12 minutes. Why it stays in the wooden box, where to score it, and when to stop checking and start dipping.

Prep

5 min

Cook

12 min

Total

17 min

Serves

4

Ingredients

• 1 camembert, 250g, in its wooden box
• 1 garlic clove, cut into thin slivers
• A few sprigs of fresh thyme
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1 baguette, sliced, to serve

Method

1. Take the camembert out of its box, unwrap it completely, and sit it back down in the wooden box.
2. Score a shallow cross into the top rind with a small sharp knife.
3. Push the garlic slivers and thyme sprigs down into the cuts.
4. Drizzle over the honey and the olive oil.
5. Sit the box flat in the air fryer basket and air fry at 180°C (355°F) for 12 minutes, checking from 10.
6. It is ready when the centre is completely molten and the top has fallen open. Serve straight away with the baguette.

Notes

• Keep it in the wooden box. The box and the rind together are what hold it in — without the box it runs out across the basket and you lose half of it.
• No box? Sit it on a double layer of foil with the edges turned up into a tray shape.
• Published times run from 10 to 15 minutes. Start checking at 10 and stop when a knife tip meets no resistance in the middle.
• Toast the baguette slices in the basket alongside it for the last 4-5 minutes.
• It sets again as it cools, so serve it the moment it comes out.
• Air fryer models vary. Treat the times as a guide, go by colour and crispness, and adjust the seasoning to your taste.

Watch it

More Air Fryer Cheese

• Air Fryer Cheese Scones26 min · serves 4
• Air Fryer Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms25 min · serves 4
• Air Fryer Cheese Toastie13 min · serves 1
• Air Fryer Cheesy Garlic Bread15 min · serves 3
• Air Fryer Mozzarella Sticks11 min · serves 3
• Air Fryer Halloumi Fries with Hot Honey20 min · serves 2

Air fryer models vary in power and basket size, so treat the times here as a guide — go by colour and crispness rather than the clock, and adjust the seasoning and glaze to your taste.

Recipe source: Method corroborated across published UK air-fryer recipes: Effortless Foodie (effortlessfoodie.com), A Mummy Too (amummytoo.co.uk) and Sew White (sewwhite.com). A 250g camembert, unwrapped and returned to its wooden box, scored in a cross, studded with garlic and thyme and baked at 180°C (355°F). Published times range from 10 to 15 minutes; 12 with checking from 10 is the corroborated middle. Every source keeps it in the wooden box — the box and the rind together are what stop it running out across the basket.