536445 Mon Jul 07 19:36:36 -0700 2008 11 22 Quebec (including Montreal) 0 3847191 My husband has been dogging me to find out if it's possible to buy fromage blanc somewhere in Montreal. I am not quite sure what this is, as I have never experienced it - but from doing research (okay, googling and reading other boards on Chow) it a smooth white cheese, not cream cheese, not cottage cheese (not the grainy one or the smooth kosher one), not baker's cheese... So help me guys and gals... What is it and can I get some in our fair city where everything is possible? Mon Jul 07 19:36:37 -0700 2008 118582 maisonbistro 1 3847227 Liberté makes it. www.liberte.qc.ca/en/page.ch2?uid=CheeseProducts ExoFruits on CDN usually carries it but I'd be surprised if you couldn't find it closer. Mon Jul 07 19:49:37 -0700 2008 3847191 10520 carswell 1 3847248 Fromage blanc a.k.a. fromage frais a.k.a. quark can be found in the dairy section of most supermarkets. Usually near the sour cream and the cottage cheese. Damafro makes one from skim milk, but the Liberté cheese is much more like the ones I've had in France. It's fattier so it has a more pleasant texture. Mon Jul 07 19:56:56 -0700 2008 3847191 18488 SnackHappy 1 3847253 Should also add that fromage blanc is generally considered the same thing as fromage frais. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fromage_frais You can also make it at home. www.hertzmann.com/articles/2001/fromage/index_n6.php?link=2001-12-X Hubby could also be talking about quark cheese, which hails from eastern Europe. Liberté also makes it (and calls it fromage frais): www.liberte.qc.ca/en/page.ch2?uid=OtherProducts Mon Jul 07 19:58:15 -0700 2008 3847191 10520 carswell 2 3849381 Liberté's "traditional cottage cheese" (described in the link in your first post) is also very similar to quark. This is not curds and whey (a.k.a. "creamy cottage cheese"): it looks much like their quark, and the texture is also similar. It's been a while since I had either, so I won't try to describe the flavours. Both were very good. I also recall seeing a goat version (possibly marked simply "fromage frais" -- no quark, no cottage -- but can't find it on the website and never tried it because it was very fatty (around 8% IIRC). Tue Jul 08 12:50:51 -0700 2008 3847253 13325 Mr F 1 3847730 The guy who sells the "Tome" at Jean Talon Market (next to the lobster/shrimpl/crab place) in the new section also sells 'fromage frais". Tue Jul 08 03:09:30 -0700 2008 3847191 11828 Maximilien 2 3847825 Thanks everyone!! Crap - we were just there and bought some Tomme this weekend. I'll start with Liberte Quark to start off. You're great!! Tue Jul 08 05:03:36 -0700 2008 3847730 118582 maisonbistro 3 3847973 Chèvrerie du Buckland's (the stand at JTM) fresh cheese is -I think- made from goats milk, if that makes any difference for the hubby. I saw the guy selling some a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't get any because I had too many eating plans and I didn't want it to get it unfresh on me. Bummer, this weekend he didn't look like he had any (and hence perhaps you didn't notice it); so it might be an on and off thing. Tue Jul 08 06:31:33 -0700 2008 3847825 53259 emerilcantcook 1 3848443 My Swiss wife gets quark cravings and she gives the thumbs up to the Fromage frais (I think it's called Avalanche) that you can find in the fridge at Qui Lait Cru at the Jean-Talon market. They also sell another Quebec-made quark that is made with goats milk and comes in a few interesting flavours. Tue Jul 08 08:57:41 -0700 2008 3847191 57453 FoodNovice 1 3848647 The supermarché 4 freres (st laurent/prince arthur) sells both the Liberté quark & fromage frais. Tue Jul 08 09:44:10 -0700 2008 3847191 205350 english muffin 2 3849376 So, I got him some Goat's fromage frais - high in fat content, and salt according to him - not so good - even though he loves goat's milk products. The Liberty Quark hit a home run, but I could only find the very low fat one 0.5 or something. Is there a higher fat one? Thanks everyone. Tue Jul 08 12:49:34 -0700 2008 3848647 118582 maisonbistro 3 3850003 Try the regular non-quark fromage frais in the container with a red-brown label. 4% MF, if I recall correctly. Tue Jul 08 15:11:34 -0700 2008 3849376 10520 carswell