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how do i make 8% fromage frais!!! i know i have to add cream to make the fat content higher but which cream and how much ,please help asap as im bakeing this cake 2morrow

 

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May 16 1:59 PM (49 minutes and 25 seconds later)
         
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You can not make 8% fromage frais. Fromage frais is a creamy soft cheese made with whole or skimmed milk and cream. It has the consistency of another product available in the US, cream cheese, but with fewer calories and less cholesterol.

http://www.deliaonline.com/ingredients/fromage_frais,107,IN.html


http://www.ochef.com/100.htm



Edited by Two_Westies on May 16 2006 at 2:00 PM



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May 17 3:42 AM (13 hours and 43 minutes and 1 second later)
         
Reply to Deborah's Post: ive read all that my self and i know that u need to add cream to make it up to the 8% fat content,u can add cream to it as the recipe i have had is from delia online,but i need to know which cream to add and how much ,not the info u have given!!!!!!
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May 17 11:15 AM (7 hours and 32 minutes and 35 seconds later)
         
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My uncle has two pastry chefs at this famous resturant in Little Italy, NYC. I called and you must purchase the cheese. There is nothing you can add. The cheese comes in two varieties.


One is 4% fromage frais which is lower in fat. The other is 8% fromage frais. The cream is added when the cheese is being made at the dairy. Adding of the cream occurs only during the cheese making process. It is the same concept as cottage cheese, it comes in 1%, 2%, etc.

That is why I gave you ino related to what fromage frais is.

I teach cooking as a hobby at a local high school at night.

If you tell me precisely what you are going to be preparing I can help you. Adding cream to your recipe may not be a good idea.

Refer back to this from Delia, she is explaining how the cheese is made:

Fromage frais is a fresh curd cheese introduced to this country from France and made from pasteurised cows’ milk. Basically, it has very little fat, but cream is added to make 4 per cent (or 8 per cent) fromage frais. The 4 per cent is fine eaten on its own with honey or fruit purée, or used as a topping – especially for anyone on a low-fat diet. The 8 per cent is the best one for cooking. Either of these can be used in savoury sauces or as a topping for jacket potatoes with a few snipped chives. Alternatively, there is a diet, virtually fat-free version (0.1 per cent), which is ideal in dips. For a cool, light, low-fat dessert, see the recipe for individual fromage frais puddings with red fruit compote.


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May 17 3:58 PM (4 hours and 43 minutes and 47 seconds later)
         
Reply to Deborah's Post: i went to waitrose this morning and have found that they sell the higher fat content fromage frais,ive have used it in the recipe today and it tastes very nice.the recipe was a delia smith recipe 4 carrot cake which was very good ,but what a pain to try and sort this all 4 a cake,lol.
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May 17 4:03 PM (4 minutes and 22 seconds later)
         
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I am glad things turned out well. When I saw the fromage frais question I cringed. lol

I was wondering if you were preparing the carrot cake, it is wonderful.

If you ever have questions, let me know. I have the family restaurant's chef's to ask lol


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May 17 4:06 PM (3 minutes and 4 seconds later)
         
Reply to Deborah's Post: thanks i will
this is the first time i have used this ...what do i do now,lol
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May 18 3:53 AM (11 hours and 21 minutes and 11 seconds later)
         
Reply to Deborah's Post: baking......i have been a collage 4 5 years learning how to make the flower and decorating cakes 4 weddings,birthdays etc,i do it 4 friends and a word of mouth thing ,and i work in a restaurant but im a waitress so i have a catering back gound,i love entertaining and love to make the girls at work nice cakes and brownies ....but most of the time i never eat them myself i get the pleasure out of them eating them,sad eh,lol.but now ive joined a adult ed day class 4 floristy.....
so what do u do then,apart from answer all these lovely questions
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May 18 9:31 AM (5 hours and 37 minutes and 53 seconds later)
         
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My family has been in the restaurant business for years. I was a waitress, bartender and helped out in the kitchen. I am also a nurse. I am like you in that I usually never eat the things I bake. Like you, I get pleasure from everyone else baking. I do not into the cake decorating as much as you. I do do some pretty complicated recipes at times. I make killer choclate and liquer falvored cheesecakes that people will buy from me. I also make fabulous muffins which I also sell to a an independently owned coffee shop. My daughter is getting married on July 21st and I will most likely buy the cake lol. She lives in NJ, I live in CA and she is getting married in Las Vegas. SHe would like to have one of the layers in the cake to be red velvet. I have checked out Freed's in Las Vegas, they have a good reputation for wedding cake. I also taught at the adult school which was fun, mostly baking, but also Italian and French.


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May 18 3:22 PM (5 hours and 50 minutes and 16 seconds later)
         
Reply to Deborah's Post: omg u sound as busy as me,lol.......im from uk if u hadnt of all ready guessed....why dont u have a go at making the wedding cake ,its easy once u know the basic's,i made some gerberas for a wedding cake once boy they took hours as each petal had to be made indivually,but i love a challenge.i love muffins and so do my kids but 4 them it has to be choco ,choco and more chocolate,kids eh....
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May 18 3:30 PM (8 minutes and 20 seconds later)
         
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Falmouth, Cornwall an you?

My problem would be how to get the cake from California to Las Vegas. We are flying on Wedneday, wedding Friday evening.


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May 19 5:33 AM (14 hours and 3 minutes and 6 seconds later)
         
Reply to Deborah's Post: west midlands,near brum
i had a cake go to gambia once ,it was just a one tier wedding cake ,she put it under her seat ,took it on as hand luggage
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