Home-made Boursin-style Cheese Spread

Ingredients

  • Boursin Recipe
  • Yield. 8 ounces
  • Preparation time. 10 minutes
  • Ageing time. 4 hours or more is best
  • Ingredients
  • 8 ounce brick of cream cheese (you can use low fat) or spreadable
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground and finely ground black pepper
  • 2 teaspoons fines herbes (Fines herbes is a classic mix you can buy in a bottle. It contains parsley, chives, tarragon, chervil, and occasionally marjoram)
  • Optional. Add 1/2 teaspoon chipotle powder.

Preparation

Step 1

Method
1) Let the cheese sit at room temp for about an hour to make it easy to mix. Low fat or spreadable cream cheese are easy to work in 15 minutes or less. Or microwave it for 10 seconds to soften it.

2) Blend in the seasonings with a fork. Let it age in the fridge for 4 hours or more if possible. This allows the oil-soluble flavors in the herbs to be extracted and marry with the cheese.

3) It is easier to spread on breads and crackers at room temperature. If there is any left over, plop it onto some plastic wrap and roll it into a ball with the plastic tight against it and refrigerate.