Baked Vacherin

There are a few simple but necessary rules when baking a whole Vacherin. One is that the cheese has to be at room temperature; if it isn’t, then you will be waiting hours for it to cook. Secondly, keep it simple as it’s really all about the cheese mingling with a little wine, and not about garlic or herbs.

The loveliest accompaniments are steamed whole new potatoes (Charlotte are good), steamed broccoli, toasted slices of baguette, cooked or cured (or both) smoked ham and a green sa