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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 4 OCTOBER 2017 14 Food Drizzled with honey A drizzle of honey makes almost everything better. Whether sweet or savoury, a little bit of natural sugar gives your dish a mellow sweetness that is hard to resist. This warm camembert with roasted garlic and honey is the perfect start to any meal, while the polenta and honey cake makes a great after-school treat. Ingedients • 2 bulbs garlic • 40g butter • 80ml extra-virgin olive oil • Salt and pepper • 1 tbsp honey • 2 fresh rosemary sprigs • 3 bay leaves • 200-250g camembert, wrapping removed, at room temperature Method 1. Preheat the oven to 200°C. 2. Slice the top of the garlic bulb off and place in a large roasting tin, cut-side down. 3. Cut a cross in the camembert and add the butter, oil, salt and pepper, the honey, rosemary and bay leaves and bake in the oven for 40–45 mins. 4. Remove from the oven when the garlic is cooked and the cheese is soft. 5. Serve everything on a big sharing plate, with warm bread or crackers. Ingredients • 100g polenta • 100g plain flour • 1 ½ tsp baking powder • ½ tsp salt • 2 tsp lemon zest • 4 large eggs • 100g sugar • 50g light brown sugar • 273ml (1 cup) olive oil • 340g (½ cup) honey • 60g (¼ cup) fresh cream Honey Lemon Syrup • 1 cup honey • 1 cup water • Two 3-inch strips lemon zest • Juice of 1 lemon • Lemon slices, to garnish Method 1. To make the honey, lemon syrup, add the honey, water and the lemon zest to a saucepan over medium-high heat. 2. Stir and lightly simmer for 25 mins. 3. Squeeze in the lemon juice, and then remove from the heat. Remove the lemon zest and cool completely before using. 4. Preheat the oven to 180°C. 5. Combine the polenta, flour, baking powder, salt and lemon zest together in a bowl and mix well. 6. Add the eggs and both sugars to the bowl of a standing mixer and beat until smooth, 3 to 4 mins. 7. Add the oil, honey and fresh cream into the egg mixture and beat until combined, 1 to 2 mins. 8. Add the dry ingredients, a little at a time, until blended. 9. Pour the batter into a greased baking tin and bake until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean, approx. 30 mins. 10. Allow to cool for 30 mins, then remove from the pan and place on a cake plate. 11. Poke holes into the cake using a toothpick, fork or knife and drizzle with approx. half the syrup. 12. Garnish with lemon slices. 13. Serve with the extra syrup on the side. Warm camembert with roasted garlic and honey Polenta and honey cake