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    Posted: 07 April 2018 at 13:14
Home made Crème Fraîche is so easy its nothing but laziness to pay the outrageous price markets sell it for.  Never buy it.  Make it at home.  Its nothing more than letting fresh cream mixed with a little cultured buttermilk stand at room temperature for 12-24hrs.  Recipes and techniques are everywhere.

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I could see that working well, Brook - yoghurt and even buttermilk are two bases of marinating chicken that I've encountered more than once.
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Coincidental aside: I recently watched one of the cooking competition shows, and one of the contestants used the whey as a marinade base for chicken.

Struck me as an interesting idea.
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Thank you Brook,  as I too always drain off the whey .. 

Have a nice day ..  


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I can do that, Brook; I generally try to do that anyway, because much of the yoghurt we get here - even the Greek yoghurt - seems too thin or runny, to me.
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I don't disagree. But I believe draining the whey off the yogurt (thus creating yogurt cheese) is a closer match than yogurt our of the tub.
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These are standard Subs ..  They are documented.

1) You need SOUR CREAM to sub the Crème Fraîche ..

2) And also PLAIN YOGURT to sub the Fromage Blanc ..


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Hi, Margi -

I can do those - thank you!
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Ron,

1)  What an amazing recipe .. 

2)  SOUR CREAM is substituted with Crème Fraîche in many parts of the Mediterranean as we do not have "sour cream"  ..  

Therefore, it is NOT a substitute for Mascarpone which is bland and sweet ..  

3)  Your best SUB for this ingredient is Sour Cream.

4)  Fromage Blanc is fresh White Yogurt textured cheese which is blended with other ingredients in recipes calling for Fromage Blanc, and  a good sub is PLAIN YOGURT  ..  NO VANILLA !!! PLAIN YOGURT.   

I hope this has assisted you.


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Question:

Would home-made Mascarpone and Cream Cheese be acceptable substitutes for Crème Fraîche and Fromage Blanc, respectively?

The reason I ask is because, sooner or later, I plan to make an Alsatian flammkuchen (also known as tarte flambée) which calls for these two ingredients. In essence, it is like a "white pizza" with onions and bacon. I intend to use my Black Forest Maple Jowl Bacon for this project.

In any case, the recipe calls for Crème Fraîche and Fromage Blanc, which are simply not going to be found in rural, north-central Montana. I am hoping that my proposed substitutes will be acceptable.

Here is two recipes, if anyone is interested:

http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Alsatian-Bacon-Onion-Tart

https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/bacon-cheddar-and-onion-quiche

Thanks in advance -

Ron
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