Cheesecake cheese

[lorna]

We have a favourite baked cheesecake recipe which we would like to try here. It uses cottage cheese. If we can't get cottage cheese here what other sort of cheese is likely to work?

[Cat]

Some suggestions here http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1213236/ShowPost.aspx

[Christine Animal]

Crikey, you're quick Cat !  I was also going to suggest fromage blanc.

 

[lorna]

I had had a look at that link, it seemed to be talking more about cream cheese substitute. We do buy fromage blanc but that is normally in little pots for individual desserts - does it come loose in bulk (so to speak)?

[Christine Animal]

Oh yes (get in here quick before Cat), you can get it in bigger containers like the cream.  Don't look at the desserts, but for the fromage blanc section.

 

[lorna]

And I've just seen that fromage frais is another name for fromage blanc - I hadn't realised that. Is fromage faiselle the same thing as well?

[Val_2]

Try Marscapone cheese for cheesecakes, works very well I can testify to that.

[Bernice]

Try Marscapone cheese for cheesecakes, works very well I can testify to that

I've just made a marscapone cheesecake - crushed speculoos biscuits (ginger/cinnamon taste) - topped with marscapone, lemon zest and juice, caster sugar.  Always works a treat. I'm going to top it with Gariguette strawberries .......

Bernice

[LisaJ]

I use half mascarpone and half Normandy crème crue with a touch of lemon juice; it works a treat. Have just harvested the blackcurrant crop to make our annual blackcurrant cheesecake, we can only risk the calories once a year!

regards

Lisa