What is the difference between fromage frais and creme fraiche?

Question

Is it possible to substitute one for another in recipes

Answer 1

Fromage frais is made with rennet and a starter culture (similar to making cheese) but the curds are not allowed to solidify... sort of like like cream cheese.

Creme Fraiche is made with a starter culture and made from cream. It's sort of like sour cream...

Besided the rennet, the main difference is creme fraiche is made from cream while formage frais is made from milk.

You can try cream cheese or Greek style yogurt for fromage frais.

Answer 2

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 3

simple way to put it fromage frais is yogurt and creme fraiche is fresh cream!!

Answer 4

fromage frais is new cheese...meaning that it has not fermented for too long.. and creme fraiche is cream. in english cream cheese (unlike fromage blanc: cottage cheese).. it's more like sour cream. liquid indeed, unlike cheese.

Answer 5

Can You Whip Fromage Frais