French Cream Cheese Spread With Wine

Course:

Snack

Practical information

Prep time

10 min
Cooking

-
Difficulty

Pause

4 h
Ready in

4 h 10
Price

Recipe
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A French spread from the Burgundy region (cervelle de Canut). The original recipe asks for quark, a German/French soft curd cheese, but it will work with cottage cheese as well. Serve the spread with fresh toast.

Recipe's Ingredients

2 shallots, chopped very fine
salt
pepper
1 tablespoon chervil, finely chopped
1 tablespoon parsley , finely chopped

1 tablespoon chives, finely chopped
250 g cottage cheese
100 g cream cheese
50 ml olive oil
50 ml white wine

Recipe preparation steps
1

Put the cottage cheese in a very fine sieve (or, alternatively, in a strainer that is lined with straining cloth) and leave to strain for circa 4 hours.
2

Mix the cottage cheese, cream cheese, olive oil, and wine and whip into a paste.
3

Add the shallots, chervil, parsley, and chives, and add salt and pepper to taste.
Ready !