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fromage blanc

fromage blanc noun: a creamy soft cheese made with whole or skimmed milk and cream.

fromage blanc: a creamy soft cheese made with whole or skimmed milk and cream
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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.
    • Sweet, clean Fromages Blancs – plain, herbed, tomato-garlic-basil and apricot-honey.1988, Food & Wine: The Guide to Good Taste, volume 11, page 85, column 2
    • 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...1995, Georges Perec, “Attempt at an Inventory”, in John Sturrock, transl., Food: The Vital Stuff, Granta, →ISBN, page 90
    Synonyms:
    fromage frais

Examples of fromage blanc in a sentence

  • They specialize in fromage blancs and firmer cheeses marinated in herbed olive oil.2007, New Mexico Magazine, volume 85, page 80, column 2:
  • Most American fromage blancs are made from whole cow’s milk, are lovely and lightly creamy, and are tantalizing enough in their freshness alone.2012, Kirstin Jackson, “Délice de la Vallée Fromage Blanc, California”, in It’s Not You, It’s Brie: Unwrapping America’s Unique Culture of...
  • 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.2013, John Gorham, Liz Crain, “Sheep Cheese Balls with Rose Petal Harissa”, in Toro Bravo: Stories. Recipes. No Bull., San Francisco...

Synonyms of fromage blanc

Forms of fromage blanc

pluralfromages blancs
pluralfromage blancs

Origin of fromage blanc

From French fromage blanc.

Questions about fromage blanc

What does fromage blanc mean?
Fromage blanc means a creamy soft cheese made with whole or skimmed milk and cream.
How do you use fromage blanc in a sentence?
They specialize in fromage blancs and firmer cheeses marinated in herbed olive oil.
What part of speech is fromage blanc?
Fromage blanc is a noun.
What is the plural of fromage blanc?
The plural of fromage blanc is fromages blancs.

Words near fromage blanc in the dictionary

  1. from where one is sitting
  2. from where one sits
  3. from womb to tomb
  4. from your lips to God's ears
  5. fromage
  6. fromage blanc
  7. fromage blancs
  8. fromage frais
  9. fromager
  10. fromagerie
  11. fromageries

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