Melted Brie in a Crust

Ingredients:

• 1 round or oval loaf (about 1 pound) day old french bread, hollowed out
• ½ cup olive oil or melted butter
• 2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
• 1 to 1 ½ pounds brie, camembert, or St. Andree cheese

Cut with serrated knife through top of bread around, leaving a shell about ½ inch thick on sides. Slide your fingers down alongside and pull out in one piece, leaving ~½ inch thick base in shell. Around the rim of the shell make cuts 1 ½ inches deep and apart. Brush inside of shell with about 3 tablespoons oil, brush bread slices with remaining oil. Place cheese with rind in bread shell, trimming to fit. Bake in 350 degree oven filled shell for 20 minutes, bread pieces for 10 minutes. Cheese should melt in shell.