Curd cheese substitute

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My DD makes a beautiful cheese cake using philly cheese and I can highly reccommend it.She drizzles melted chocolate over the top when its set and is her contribution at Christmas to her sisters buffet in the evening .In fact she has to make two one for the buffet and another just for her sisters family for the next day.She laso uses soft melted honey when she does the digestive biscuit base

Evil_Olive

I always use a couple of tubs of value/smartprice brand cream cheese. Some delicatessans and supermarket cheese counters sell cream cheese by weight which can be cheaper. Don't bother with branded (eg Philadelphia) as once it's in the cheesecake you can't tell the difference.

dollywops

Nothing to do with curd cheese, but boy did I have a problem trying to buy plain fromage frais today. The assistant in Tesco Watford told me he had not seen it on the shelf for a few days now. Morrisons in Watford did not stock it. I then went to Waitrose in Ricknansworth, where I found some. I still had Asda and Sainsbury in Watford as a last resort!

The cheesecake is currently cooling and hopefully, setting, in the oven. It is a few years since I have made this cake.

Izzybelle

Why can't they put an alternative to curd cheese like cream cheese I asked at morrisons and got a Wat is it you want curd cheese we don't sell it

Biggles

Ianna wrote: »

Howdy all. I want to make this cheesecake from her majesty Delia's collection but I can't get curd cheese anywhere. Nowhere sells it I've tried all the big stores.

My local Waitrose nearly always has some, loose on the deli counter. Well, not loose, served out of a box...

FrugalinShropshire

I've only ever used cream cheese for my cheesecakes. I remember curd cheese years ago and I thought that's what quark is now?

AGW

Hi. I believe curd cheese is fromage frais, which you can buy in Tesco and Waitrose.

Jan33

I have tried Quark and it didn't work. Sainsburys and Waitrose do not stock curd cheese any more. I was advised to go to a Jewish deli and they have curd cheese all year round. Success. Jan