What's the difference between Fromage Frais and Creme Fraiche?

Answer 1

Crème fraîche and sour cream are both manufactured cream products. It is a slightly tangy, slightly nutty, thickened cream.

Fromage frais is a creamy soft cheese made with whole or skimmed milk and cream.

Answer 2

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What's the difference between Fromage Frais and Creme Fraiche?

Answer 3

Fromage Frais, or Fromage Blanc, is made in a similar fashion to other cheeses, with rennet and a starter culture being added to milk. However, unlike some cheeses, the curds are not allowed to solidify, but are stirred, giving fromage frais a texture similar to that of yogurt.

Creme Fraiche is made by adding a bacterial culturn to cream, which makes it sour and thicken slightly.

So Fromage Frais is technically a cheese, while Creme Fraiche is not. And one is made with milk and the other with cream.

Answer 4

Crème fraîche is a manufactured cream product. Crème fraîche is a slightly tangy, slightly nutty, thickened cream. Before the age of pasteurization crème fraîche made itself as the bacteria present in the cream fermented and thickened it naturally. It is widely available in Europe, but much less so in the US, where almost all cream is pasteurized, and therefore has to be fermented artificially. You can also make a facsimile of crème fraîche by adding a tablespoon of buttermilk (don’t tell us they don’t have buttermilk where you live!) or a half cup of sour cream to a cup of whipping cream, heating it gently to 110°F (45°C), then putting it in a loosely covered bottle in a warm place and letting it sit for anywhere from 8 hours to a couple of days, until thick. Store it in the refrigerator, where it will thicken further, and keep for about three weeks. In general, crème fraîche and sour cream can be used interchangeably in most recipes, but crème fraîche has two advantages over sour cream: it can be whipped like whipping cream, and it will not curdle if boiled. 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. Where available, low-fat cream cheese is an acceptable substitute for fromage blanc. You may have to do a little exploring in your country to find a mild, soft, white, fresh cheese that you can use for cooking.

Answer 5

Ingredients and the way its processed (example: milk can become butter or cheese, both completely different processed in different ways)