Boursin
Cheese
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Boursin is a soft, spreadable French cream cheese of the Gournay type, sold as a small foil-wrapped puck and best known in its Garlic & Fine Herbs flavour. Bright white, crumbly yet creamy, and heavily seasoned, it is eaten on bread and crackers and stirred into sauces, mashed potatoes and chicken.
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Bright white, crumbly, spreads cleanFuzzed or tinted, sour, pasty
Opened, kept coldEveryday bestPasteurised milk only, so not the raw-milk case flagged in pregnancy: NHS lists cream cheese as fine. Fold the foil back and chill.
Foil and dateOpened a day or two, foil folded back, cold
Cut faceWhite, the exposed face a little dry
Under the knifeA little softer, still spreads cleanly
SmellGarlic to the fore, a mild lactic tang