Making your own "boursin" cheese spread

senior chef

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To save money, it is easy to make your own "boursin" cheese.

12ounces of SOFT cream cheese
1 lg garlic clove, extra finely minced
1tsp fresh parsley, finely chopped
1 green onion or 1 tsp of fresh chives, finely chopped.
1 TBLSP of vinegar from dill pickles.
1/4 tsp paprika
scant 1/4 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp dry yellow mustard

1.) SLIGHTLY warm cream cheese in microwave.
2.) add all other ingredients and stir well.
3.) spoon back in original container and refrigerate for a minimum of 24 hours.
4.) spread on crackers of your taste.
 

senior chef said:
To save money, it is easy to make your own "boursin" cheese.

12ounces of SOFT cream cheese
1 lg garlic clove, extra finely minced
1tsp fresh parsley, finely chopped
1 green onion or 1 tsp of fresh chives, finely chopped.
1 TBLSP of vinegar from dill pickles.
1/4 tsp paprika
scant 1/4 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp dry yellow mustard

1.) SLIGHTLY warm cream cheese in microwave.
2.) add all other ingredients and stir well.
3.) spoon back in original container and refrigerate for a minimum of 24 hours.
4.) spread on crackers of your taste.
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Had to look it up, didn't know what boursin cheese was, but it sounds very nice, may give it a go.
 

Devi said:
Start with writing down the recipes and taking good pictures.
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Oh, my goodness. I have been writing them down since I was a teenager. Almost 60 years of love. You know those large 3 ring binders that schools use ? I have 3 of them absolutely stuffed with my recipes.
 
senior chef said:
Oh, my goodness. I have been writing them down since I was a teenager. Almost 60 years of love. You know those large 3 ring binders that schools use ? I have 3 of them absolutely stuffed with my recipes.
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Wow. Well, if it were me, I'd choose the ones I first wanted to present, cook/prepare them and take pictures.
 
mellowyellow said:
Had to look it up, didn't know what boursin cheese was
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Me too
Sounds tasty

Gotta go a bit OT
Anytime cheese spread is mentioned, my mind goes to this;

pimento.jpg

I'm hooked on the pimento spread that seems to make it's way onto the celery sticks at our Thanksgivings

and those teeny jars ain't cheap

I don't even know what a pimento is.....but I end up licking the jar
 
Gary O' said:
Me too
Sounds tasty

Gotta go a bit OT
Anytime cheese spread is mentioned, my mind goes to this;

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I'm hooked on the pimento spread that seems to make it's way onto the celery sticks at our Thanksgivings

and those teeny jars ain't cheap

I don't even know what a pimento is.....but I end up licking the jar
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The pimento is the mildest form of chili pepper. often called a sweet pepper.
 

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