fromage blanc

English

Fromage blanc served on a plate with jam, with its container

Etymology

From French fromage blanc.

Noun

fromage blanc (countable and uncountable, plural fromages blancs or fromage blancs)

1. A creamy soft cheese made with whole or skimmed milk and cream.
   • 1988, Food & Wine: The Guide to Good Taste, volume 11, page 85, column 2:

     Sweet, clean Fromages Blancs – plain, herbed, tomato-garlic-basil and apricot-honey.

   • 1995, Georges Perec, “Attempt at an Inventory”, in John Sturrock, transl., Food: The Vital Stuff, Granta, →ISBN, page 90:

     Seventy-five cheeses, one ewe’s cheese, two Italian cheeses, one Auvergne cheese, one Boursin, two Brillat-Savarins, eleven Bries, one Cabécou, four goats’ cheeses, two crottins, eight Camemberts, fifteen cantals, one Sicilian cheese, one Sardinian cheeses,^[sic] one Epoisses, one Murols, three fromages blancs, one goat’s-milk fromage blanc, nine Fontainebleaus, five mozzarellas, five Munsters, one Reblochon, one Swiss raclette, one Stilton, one Saint-Marcellin, one Saint-Nectaire, one yogurt.

   • 2007, Giles Milton, Edward Trencom’s Nose: A Novel of History, Dark Intrigue, and Cheese, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 65:

     It was certainly an old smell – of that I could be certain. But it was not, I was sure, produced by any of the three thousand one hundred and twenty-six cheeses, yoghurts and fromages blancs that were being stored in the crypt.

   • 2007, New Mexico Magazine, volume 85, page 80, column 2:

     They specialize in fromage blancs and firmer cheeses marinated in herbed olive oil.

   • 2012, Kirstin Jackson, “Délice de la Vallée Fromage Blanc, California”, in It’s Not You, It’s Brie: Unwrapping America’s Unique Culture of Cheese, Perigee Books, →ISBN:

     Most American fromage blancs are made from whole cow’s milk, are lovely and lightly creamy, and are tantalizing enough in their freshness alone.

   • 2013, John Gorham, Liz Crain, “Sheep Cheese Balls with Rose Petal Harissa”, in Toro Bravo: Stories. Recipes. No Bull., San Francisco, Calif.: McSweeney’s, →ISBN, page 100:

     There are plenty of other fromage blancs that are delicious, but we think that this is the best readily available Spanish one in the states.

Synonyms

• fromage frais

Related terms

• blanc
• fromage

Further reading

• Fromage blanc on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔ.maʒ blɑ̃/

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Noun

fromage blanc m (uncountable)

1. fromage blanc, sour cream, junket, cottage cheese, quark

   Synonyms: crème aigre, fromage frais, faisselle, quark