Basic Homemade Boursin Cheese recipe:
1 lb farmer’s cheese, or ½ lb cottage cheese and ½ lb ricotta cheese
8 oz cream cheese, softened (a home-made recipe is found in the betweenclosefriends.com blog under the ‘Recipe’ category, along with other how-to methods to make a variety of cheeses including a variety of other recipe suggestions)
1 stick butter, softened
4 large cloves garlic, minced
2 medium shallots, minced
½ cup finely minced parsley, tightly packed
3 T minced chives
1 tsp freshly ground pepper
¼ tsp cayenne
salt (optional)
- In a medium-sized bowl, blend the softened cream cheese with the farmer’s or cottage and ricotta cheeses, together with the butter.
- Then, thoroughly mix in the remaining ingredients.
- Divide your basic Boursin Cheese mixture into four small bowls or ramekins.
- Make the accompanying variations: Boursin au Poiver, Danish Boursin, French Boursin, and/or Italian Boursin from one of each of the four small bowls or ramekins. The recipes for these variations are contained in this blog.
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