Tartare - one of the best French cheeses

Certain French people may find it blasphamous that I would dare try to consider Tartare as the best French cheese; after all it comes in a plastic tub. I and one of my great friends have a different opinion. Tartare is awesome!

So with no further ado - I present to you one of the best tasting French cheeses ever - Tartare.

Tartare - naturally good and with no preservatifs*

*Anglophones : be careful with this faux ami - Trust me, when you tell someone there are no condoms* (conservateurs) in your jelly, you’ll understand what I mean.

Tartare - what to eat with it

As some of you may know in typical French culture, meals often can include a cheese course. During this cheese course (which comes after the main dish and before dessert) different types of French cheeses are served with baguette “French bread” . It would therefore be safe to say that the marjority of French people eating Tartare, are probably spreading it on a bit of baguette. I have tried it this way and must admit that Tartare on a baguette is one of the best Tartare recipes that exists…

The ultimate Tartare recepie

“Chips et tartare”

Tartare with potato chips is delicious. You must try it if you have the chance. You simply take your potato chip (crisp in British English) and scrape it across the top of your Tartare. The consistency of Tartare is rather thick with the consistancy of cold cream cheese and therefore I suggest using ridged potato chips which tend to be more sturdy.

Avis sur Tartare - opinons about Tartare

This herb spread is the best, none of similar cheese spreads like Boursin or generic come close to the distinct and refreshing flavor of the Orignal Tartare.

Comme toujours, letting everyone know, that I have no affiliation whatsoever with the producers of Tartare L’Original. Just testing out some French cheese and sharing my thoughts.

Frü Cheesecake à la Myrtille Sauvage -
Frü Wild Blueberry Cheesecake

Some of you may remember my article about Gü Brownies or maybe my other article about Frü carrot cakes. Now I’ve tested their blueberry cheesecake. Yet another great example of the awesomeness of cream cheese - cheesecake!

Cheesecake with Wild Blueberries by Frü

Frü Cheesecake à la myrtille sauvage - Blueberry Cheesecake by Frü

Fruits et fun - Fun and fruit

Fru cheesecake - délices aux fruits

A message from Frü on the back of the box

Frü - Pour les fous de fruits, avec une bonne dose de fun.

Vous avez envie de ponctuer votre journée par une note douce et sucrée?

Sortez une petite cuillère et laissez-vous porter par le cheesecake à la myrtille sauvage.

Our French to English translation

Frü - For fruit lovers, with a good dose of fun.

Do you want to mark your day with a soft and sweet note?

Get out a little spoon and let yourself be swept away by wild blueberry cheesecake.

Nutritional information for Fru Cheesecake - what’s in it?

Ingredients and calories in Fru Cheesecake

Frü - Smart packaging as always

Calories per 100g serving = one Frü cheesecake (which is 100g)

More often than not, I find that in France the calories are given for 100g servings. However, one rarely is given a serving of exactly 100g of whatever it may be we that we purchase at the grocery store (l’épicerie ou supermarché). With these blueberry cheesecakes - Fru smartly gives us a 100g so we know exactly how many calories are in the serving without having to resort to math to try to figure it out. So 1 individually wrapped Frü Cheesecake is 286 calories. No calculation required.Thanks Frü - that was nice of ü.

Easy to open lid that smiles at you

Smiling desserts - Cheesecake in a glass pot

Servi dans un ramequin en verre
- served in a glass ramequin

A closeup of Fru cheesecake

Avis sur Frü : Smiling tréma desserts - Cheesecake that makes you smile

Definately worth a try.These little cheesecakes were great. I don’t know where they get their cream cheese in France, but they put it to good use. It is almost as good as their carrot cake .

As always, I’d like to let everyone know, that I have no affiliation whatsoever with the producers of Fü Cheesecake. Just testing out another take on American food in Paris .

When you can’t find Frü try Gü

Some of you may remember my article about Fru carrot cakes. Well since writing that article, I was never able to find them again. I tried at least 20 different Monoprix’s in all different arrondissements of Paris. It is really quite sad, so Frü or Gü, if you have any carrot cake in Paris, please let me know the address.

Not sure of what else to do, and bumming out since I didn’t have my Frü carrot cakes, I tried another one of their products - Gü Brownies.

Chocolate brownies by Gü

Gü brownies

I am not quite sure the translation is exact here…

Essayez-moi Chaud! Warm me up Baby!

I probably would have put “try me hot” in English or “chauffez-moi” in French, but we could start bordering on the vulgar if we aren’t already.

Essayez-moi Chaud! Warm me up Baby!

Smiling umlaut desserts - great logo and great packaging

Individually wrapped gü browni

Overall the brownies were good. A bit too rich for my tastes. (I prefer their carrot cake). But it was worth the try, and for those of you that love chocolate, you will love Gü brownies.

Again, I want to point out, that I have no affiliation whatsoever with the producers of Gü Brownies. Just testing out American food in Paris .

Even though France is supposed to be the best country for cheese, if you grew up American, you may have a slightly different palate. You may also love the delicious awesome taste of “cream cheese”. So far it seems to be a rather difficult product to find here in Paris. Therefore, all of the excellent foods that are traditionally part of the American diet containing cream cheese, are not easy to come by in the capital. One of those items being cream cheese frosting.

Sure you can make yourself a nice carrot cake, but then it is just sorta missing it’s soul without the cream cheese for the frosting. So if you are debating trying these Fru carrot cakes, wait no more. If you are craving a nice carrot cake with cream cheese frosting in Paris, this is exactly what you want. For those of you that have never tried carrot cake, this is a great place to start.

I highly recommend trying these.

As you can see with Frü carrot cakes, you get a really cool box.

Well what is inside that cool box, you ask?

These little carrot cakes are really the perfect size. Somehow, as if by magic, the packaging doesn’t stick to the frosting. There is also tiny chopped little walnuts on top. The cake itself is so moist and delicious, just the perfect amount of carrots and then out of nowhere comes a raisin. It is such a nice little burst of flavor in your mouth, you’ll want two.

I just want to point out, that I have no affiliation whatsoever with the producers of Frü Carrot Cake. I just think it rocks and that people who are looking for yummy American food in Paris should know about Frü. I also have no idea how many calories each cake contains, but moderation is a great guide for everything.