Fromage Fort
Learn how to make a delicious French cheese spread in just a few minutes using simple ingredients!
Servings: 20 servings
Ingredients
- 1 pound (454 grams) leftover cheese
- 2 to 4 cloves garlic (peeled)
- ¼ to ½ cup white wine
- freshly ground pepper
- 1 to 2 tablespoons butter, cream cheese, sour cream, ricotta, or yogurt (optional)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh herbs, such as parsley and chives (optional, but delicious)
Equipment
Instructions
- Remove any hard rinds or moldy spots from cheese. Then shred hard cheeses and cut soft cheese into small pieces.
- Put garlic in food processor, then pulse until minced.
- Add cheese, 2 tablespoons wine, and a few grinds pepper to the garlic. Process until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides of food processor a few times. As you do, add more wine (1 to 2 tablespoons at a time), if needed. If spread seems crumbly, add a little butter, cream cheese, sour cream, ricotta, or yogurt.
- Pulse in fresh herbs until mixed throughout.
- Serve immediately or store Fromage Fort in refrigerator until ready to eat. Enjoy!
Notes
Servings - This recipes makes about 2 ½ cups of cheese spread, or about 20 servings (2 tablespoons each).
Scaling the Recipe - Feel free to cut the recipe in half if you have less cheese, and of course, you can double the recipe if you have even more leftover cheese. I used a food scale to weight the cheese, but you can eyeball it if you don't have one.
Cheese - While any cheese works, for the creamiest spread, use a mixture of hard and soft cheeses. If you use enough creamy cheese, you may not need the butter / cream cheese. Try to balance the flavors between strong and soft, too. I recommend going easy on blue cheese, because it can easily overpower the other cheeses. No more than 20%, unless you're making a mostly blue cheese spread.
Broiled - This easy cheese spread can be served at room temperature, chilled, or broiled. To serve broiled, spread slices of crusty bread with the cheese, then broil for 2 to 3 minutes or until hot and browned.
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