French recipe: Fontainebleau

Chef Camille Fourmont shares with Connexion her famous Fontainebleau recipe, out of her new recipe book.

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Published Saturday 11 July 2020 - 13:30 Modified Saturday 11 July 2020 - 13:30

Recipe: FONTAINEBLEAU

Ingredients, serves 2-3

1 cup heavy cream, chilled
3 tablespoons icing sugar
½ cup fromage blanc

Method

In a chilled bowl with a hand-held electric mixer (or a whisk if you would like the exercise), whip the cream with the sugar until it forms soft peaks.

Using a rubber spatula, fold in the fromage blanc until evenly incorporated. Cover and keep in the refrigerator until serving, or serve right away.

Find more recipes from new book La Buvette, Recipes and Wine Notes from Paris in the July issue of Connexion

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