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Fromage Fort 8 - Fol Epi/
Parrano/Champignon with
Mushrooms (3/7/14)
9½ oz. Fol Epi, rind removed and grated
9 oz. Parrano, rind removed and grated
6¾ oz. Champignon with Mushrooms,
cut in pieces
¼ c. Lucini Roasted Garlic
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Wildly Delicious Roasted Garlic Sea Salt, to taste
TFM Original French Rounds
Place cheeses and olive oil in the bowl of a food processor and process until blended and smooth. If you feel the mixture is too dry, add more TFM Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Refrigerate to let flavors blend (5 to 24 hours). Place cheese in a serving bowl and garnish with sea salt. Serve with TFM Original French Rounds.
Customers did enjoy this, but I will say you have to like garlic. The Lucini Roasted Garlic EVOO is very tasty and there's no mistaking the garlic flavor. In fact, I stopped adding the olive oil after ¼ cup as the flavor was getting to bold. Not adding more olive oil made the consistency on the thicker side. If I would have been thinking I would have continued to add olive oil, but would have switched to TFM's EVOO. That is the reason for the blue line in the directions above. I added TFM's EVOO to the remaining spread after my tasting. The spread was amazing.
Fromage Fort 9 - Apetina/Fol Epi/
Saint Andre (FAVORITE - 3/7/14)
9.7 oz. jar Apetina Feta in oil
with herbs and spices
8 oz. Fol Epi, rind removed and grated
7 oz. Saint Andre, cut in wedges
TFM Original French Rounds
Place cheeses (including Apetina’s oil, herbs and spices) in the bowl of a food processor and process until blended and smooth. Refrigerate to let flavors blend (5 to 24 hours). Serve with TFM Original French Rounds.
All I can say about this was HANDS DOWN FAVORITE Fromage Fort (1 through 11) EVER. The cheeses for this were flying off the shelf. I will have to do this again at the holidays. I enjoy using Apetina because there's no measuring of EVOO and I don't have to think of spices (let alone measure and chop. Sheez! I'm starting to sound like some of my customers.)
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Fromage Fort 10 - Apetina/Fontina/Champignon with
Mushrooms (3/8/14)
9.7 oz. jar Apetina Feta in oil with herbs and spices
7½ oz. Fontina, rind removed and grated
5½ oz. Champignon with Mushrooms, cut in pieces
TFM Original French Rounds
Place cheeses (including oil, herbs and spices) in the bowl of a food processor and process until blended and smooth. Refrigerate to let flavors blend (5 to 24 hours). Serve with TFM Original French Rounds.
Fromage Fort 11 -
Burrata/Piave (3/8/14)
8 oz. BelGioioso Burrata, drained
5¼ oz. Piave, rind removed
and grated
2 Tbl. TFM Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 Tbl. Delallo Piquillo Peppers,
drained and diced
Stacy’s Bake Shop
Herbed Baguette Bakery Crisps
Place cheeses and oil in the bowl of a food processor and process until blended and smooth. Mix in peppers. Refrigerate to let flavors blend (5 to 24 hours). Serve with Stacy’s Herbed Baguette Bakery Crisps.
Not much on these two. No negative comments, Some customers said they enjoyed. As for my taste testers ... they liked them, but nothing could compare to #9.
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Fromage du Jour 12 – Boursin Garlic & Fine Herbs/
Bellavitano Balsamic (FAVORITE - 3/14/14)
2 (5.2 oz.) Boursin Garlic & Fine Herbes, crumbled in
7½ oz. Bellavitano Balsamic, grated
¼ c. TFM Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/3 c. pine nuts, toasted
Place cheeses and oil in the bowl of a food processor and process until blended and smooth.. Refrigerate to let flavors blend (5 to 24 hours). Mix in pine nuts. Serve with TFM Original French Rounds.
This was Friday's sampling and a hit with customers.
Fromage du Jour 13 - Red Wax Gouda/Chaumes (3/15/14)
10 oz. Red Wax Gouda, rind removed and grated
8½ oz. Chaumes, cubed
6 Tbl. TFM Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Place cheeses and oil in the bowl of a food processor and process until blended and smooth.. Refrigerate to let flavors blend (5 to 24 hours). Serve with TFM Original French Rounds.
This was simple, mild, slightly nutty, and clean. Although customers enjoyed this spread, it was not the hit Fromage du Jours 14 and 15 were.
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Fromage du Jour 14 - Champinon with Mushrooms/
Tallegio/Bellavitano Raspberry (FAVORITE - 3/15/14)
7¼ oz. Champignon with Mushrooms, cubed
6¾ oz. Tallegio, cubed
5½ oz. Bellavitano Raspberry, grated
3 Tbl. O Meyer Lemon Olive Oil
Place cheeses and oil in the bowl of a food processor and process until blended and smooth. Refrigerate to let flavors blend (5 to 24 hours). Serve with TFM Original French Rounds.
Fromage du Jour 15 - Tallegio/Boursin Garlic & Fine Herbs (FAVORITE - 3/15/14)
11 oz. Tallegio, cubed
1 (5.2 oz.) pkg. Boursin Garlic & Fine Herbs, crumbled
1 Tbl. O Meyer Lemon Olive Oil, plus extra for drizzling
Wildly Delicious Roasted Garlic Sea Salt
Place cheeses and 1 tablespoon oil in the bowl of a food processor and process until blended and smooth.. Refrigerate to let flavors blend (5 to 24 hours). Place in a serving bowl and drizzle with extra olive oil and garnish with sea salt. Serve with TFM Original French Rounds.
Fromage 14 and 15 were the favorite for Saturday. Cheese was flying off the shelf to make these recipes. It must have been the Tallegio. Of the two, 15 was the favorite. I just loved the way Fromage du Jour 15 looked with the glistening drizzle of olive oil and sea salt garnish. The flavor was amazing.
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Fromage du Jour 16 (The Italian) - Mozzarella/Parmesan
(FAVORITE - 7/3/14)
8 oz. Mozzarella, cubed
8 oz. Parmesan Reggiano,
rind removed and grated
6 Tbl. TFM Extra Virgin Olive Oil,
plus extra for drizzling
3 oz. (3 1/8” slices) Genoa Salami, diced
¼ c. smoked sundried tomatoes, diced
Wildly Delicious Roasted Garlic Sea Salt
Place cheeses and 6 tablespoons oil in the bowl of a food processor and process until blended and smooth. If mixture is too thick add more olive oil until desired consistancy is reached. Transfer to a bowl and mix in salami and sundried tomatoes. Place in a serving bowl, drizzle with olive oil and garnish with sea salt. Serve with TFM Toasted Garlic French Rounds.
Both cheeses were flying out of the cheese case. Sold out of the Parmesan Reggiano Nicole cut. Aside from loving the words "sold out" I do enjoy - "amazing", "delicious", and "this is great", which this recipe evoked. One customer gave me a backhanded compliment saying, "I hate people like you who can just create delicious recipes." Trust me, if the recipe did not taste good to me and/or my TFM Taste Testers, it would NEVER make it to my table. But hey, thanks for the compliment.
When I left the store on Thursday Nicole and I decided to do Fromage du Jour 16 again on Friday. It was very popular and a lot of cheese was sold. However, Parmesan Reggiano sold out and Nicole did not have time to cut more. I needed another cheese. On top of that, when I arrived at the store Friday to prepare my food, the Assistant Store Manager gave me the task of, "do something with black olives and artichokes". I was now going to modify Fromage du Jour 16's recipe and hopefully it would be a hit. Fromage du Jour 17 turned into how I like my ice cream - with plenty of good stuff in it. (I cannot do plain chocolate ice cream. Sorry, I'm not a vanilla girl.)
Fromage du Jour 17 (The Italian #2) - Mozzarella/Parmesan
(FAVORITE - 7/4/14)
8 oz. Mozzarella, cubed
8 oz. 3 Cheese Blend Flakes**
8 Tbl. TFM Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3 oz. (3 1/8” slices) Genoa Salami, diced
¼ c. smoked sundried tomatoes, diced
½ c. sliced black olives, drained
½ c. chopped artichoke hearts, drained
Wildly Delicious Roasted Garlic Sea Salt
Place cheeses and oil in the bowl of a food processor and process until blended and smooth. If mixture is too thick add more olive oil until desired consistancy is reached. Transfer to a bowl and mix in salami, sundried tomatoes, olives and artichokes. Place in a serving bowl. Garnish with sea salt. Serve with TFM Garlic Parmesan French Rounds.
** A blend of Romano, Asiago, and Paremsan.
Another customer favorite. WHEW!