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Melted Brie In Crust

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Dairy French 1 Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 Round or oval loaf, about
lb day old french bread
1/2 c Olive oil or melted butter
2 Cloves garlic, minced or
more if you love garlic
like I do
1 lb Brie, Camerbert or St Andre
Cheese up to 1-1/2

INSTRUCTIONS

With a serrated knife, cut down through top of bread to leave a shell
of about 1/2 inch think on sides. Do not cut through bottom crust.
Slide your fingers down alongside the center of the loaf and pull  free
the bread in a single piece, leaving a 1/2 inch-thick base in  the
bread shell. Make cuts about 1 1/2 inches deep and 1 1/2 inches  apart
on the rim of the bread.  Mix the oil and garlic and bush the inside of
the shell with about 3  tablespoons of oil. Also cut in to slices the
large piece of bread you  removed from the center and brush the slices
with the remaining oil.  Cut up the cheese, either with or without the
rind, so it will fit in  the bread shell.  Put the filled bread shell
and the bread slices on a 10 x 15 inch pan  and bake in a 350 degree
oven (preheated) for about 10  minutes...remove bread slices and
continue baking the filled bread  shell until the cheese is
melted...about 10 more minutes. Serve the  cheese in crust on a serving
board along with the toasted bread  slices. I add additional toasted
bread slices. It is supposed to  serve 10-12 as an appetizer...but it
disappears very fast.  FROM SUNSET MAGAZINE  Posted to recipelu-digest
Volume 01 Number 424 by "Linda L. Dawson"  <ldawson@edcc.edu> on Dec
30, 1997

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