Fontainebleau
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Fontainebleau
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Fontainebleau is a combination of faisselle (a curd-like soft white cheese) and whipped cream, and is a traditional French dessert that’s served plain or with berry fruits.
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Ingredients
- 2¾ cups faisselle cheese (40% fat)
- 2½ cups heavy cream (very cold)
- ½ cups caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
- 10 oz blueberries
Equipment
- 1 fine mesh cheesecloth
- Colander
- parchment paper
- 8 cheesecloth squares
- Stand mixer
Instructions
- Place the bowl and the whisk attachment that will be used to whip the cream into the refrigerator for 3 hours.
- Rinse the cheesecloth with clean water, and use it to line a colander. Place the colander over a bowl.
- Place the faisselle cheese in the cheesecloth, and let it drain for 2 hours in a cool place.
- Spread the blueberries on a sheet of parchment paper, and place them in the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Whip the cold heavy cream until it's thickened.
- While continuing to whisk, add the caster sugar and vanilla extract at the end.
- Gently fold the whipped cream into the drained faisselle cheese, lifting the mixture with a spatula.
- Divide the fontainebleau into glasses or verrines lined with a small square of cheesecloth.
- Place a few frosted blueberries on top, then serve.
Notes
- The following ingredients can be substituted for faisselle cheese:
- Fontainebleau can be eaten plain, or with other fruits such as strawberries, raspberries, currants, or blackcurrants.
- equal parts of cottage (farmers) cheese (or extra-light cream cheese) blended with plain yoghurt until smooth
- a thick, unsweetened Greek yogurt
- cottage cheese with a little trim milk, whipped in a food processor until smooth
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