Does anyone make fromage frais?or know how to make it???

MUMOF4_2

hi,
i have successfully made some pots of soya yogurt and some very creamy cows milk based yogurt, which has gone down really well mixed with honey or hm jam. One of my children only like fromage frais, is it possible to make this?

p00

I was wondering this myself as Ive just bought a yogurt maker. I was wondering if you put a spoon of fromage frais in it instead of yog it would actually end up as ff.

xxp00

thriftlady_2

You won't get fromage frais by using a yogurt maker. Fromage frais is a kind of cheese hence the name 'fresh cheese'.

Try this, but as you can see it is way more complicated than yogurt.

domino

I have made this using HM thick yoghurt. Made the yoghurt with full milk plus 1 tablesp dried milk powder and 1 tablesp of starter yoghurt (bought as it didn't take with my stock yoghurt). Warm the milk to blood heat, add powdered milk and starter yoghurt, mix well and put into a thermos flask over night in a warm place. Following day, strain the contents through a fine muslin for several hours. Result - fromage frais! And its yummy!!

thriftlady_2

domino wrote: »

I have made this using HM thick yoghurt. Made the yoghurt with full milk plus 1 tablesp dried milk powder and 1 tablesp of starter yoghurt (bought as it didn't take with my stock yoghurt). Warm the milk to blood heat, add powdered milk and starter yoghurt, mix well and put into a thermos flask over night in a warm place. Following day, strain the contents through a fine muslin for several hours. Result - fromage frais! And its yummy!!

But that isn't fromage frais it is yogurt Fromage frais is not yogurt it is a type of fresh cheese. That is what fromage frais means in French.

Petit Filous means little rascal btw.

Penelope_Penguin

thriftlady wrote: »

But that isn't fromage frais it is yogurt Fromage frais is not yogurt it is a type of fresh cheese. That is what fromage frais means in French.

However, it might fool the OP's little rascal and be good enough

Have you been doing a French course, thiftlady

Penny. x

thriftlady_2

And a framboise:p to you too Penelope le Pingouin

I often strain my thick yogurt which I make exactly like Domino does only with a yogurt maker rather than a thermos. It does indeed result in a thick and luscious yogurt 'cheese' which is called labneh in the Middle East. However it aint fromage frais.

Btw I would love to get my hands on the French brand of ultra creamy fromage frais called Le Petit Suisse. It comes in very small pots. Has anyone seen it in the UK?

domino

This might be more what you are looking for Thriftlady http://therecipebox.com/box/other/oth0082.htm
looks like it might be more like the real thing that you are looking for. My 'fromage frais' tastes exactly like the shop bought one although not as thick as the petit suisse that you talk about - those are delicious I agree though hard to find over in UK.

THIRZAH

I love Petit Suisse, Thriftlady, but have never seen it over here. I can remember first eating it in France when I was on a french exchange in the early 1970s.We ate it plain with a little sugar.

champys

I also use petit suisses for making mashed potatoes, instead of milk & butter. They even do a lower-fat variety these days, which still tastes very good! A real staple here in France. I have one almost every day after lunch with a teaspoon of HM raspberry jam......

nesssie1702

MUMOF4 wrote: »

hi,
i have successfully made some pots of soya yogurt

Can I ask how you made the soya yogurt - what did you use as a starter culture?

I've made yogurt before (using a thermos flask) but that was back in the day when I used to take dairy products. I now take soya and would love to make my own yogurt.....

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