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Seared Slaw with
Honey and Sun-Dried
Tomato Baked Cheese
Here's your permission to eat a whole wheel of cheese
for dinner. Baked bloomy-rind cheeses such as Brie
and Camembert are a retro appetizer that never really
went out of style, especially around the holidays. But
why reserve all that gooey luxury for festivities when
you can turn it into a cozy winter meal? The key is
to bring a little balance to the situation. Here, it's a
warm red cabbage slaw. In keeping with the retro
vibes, the cheese is piled with sun-dried tomatoes that
are tossed with honey, balsamic, and herbs before it's
baked. Serve the melty wheel in the center of a platter
surrounded by the slaw, and let everyone scoop up
generous portions of both.
While a standard wheel of Brie will do just fine, I do
think this salad deserves special treatment, given that
it's a bit indulgent. Harbison is a bloomy-rind cheese
from Jasper Hill Farm in Vermont that I am mildly
obsessed with. It's shamelessly creamy, a bit stinky (in
a good way), and both sweet and vegetal, making it
much more complex than your average grocery store
wheel. Look for it at your local specialty cheese shop,
Whole Foods, or on the Jasper Hill website, and treat
yourself to a mixed box of cheeses.
Recipe on p. 58
