101 uses for sour cream
101 uses for sour cream
I've been on a kick recently of eating sour cream, which is similar in consistency to creme fraiche. Mmmmmm.
I eat it with fresh fruit, on beans or potatoes, as well as the usual potato chips/crisps. It goes nicely on top of soups and veggies, too.
Sometimes I just put a little jam or maple syrup or evaporated cane juice in it and have it as instant custard.
I'd like to expand my sour cream horizons.
What do you use it for?
I eat it with fresh fruit, on beans or potatoes, as well as the usual potato chips/crisps. It goes nicely on top of soups and veggies, too.
Sometimes I just put a little jam or maple syrup or evaporated cane juice in it and have it as instant custard.
I'd like to expand my sour cream horizons.
What do you use it for?
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Re: 101 uses for sour cream
Can't get it in France.
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I don't really eat sour cream but when I was in Russia they had something called 'smetana' which was similar and we were fed it mixed with grated cheese and (raw) garlic, actually quite nice, except for when we were out of favour with our lady host & she went a tad too heavy on the garlic
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Creme fraiche has a very similar consistency.
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Creme fraiche isn't the same though - you can't put it on a baked potato or in fajitas as it melts like butter. It doesn't have the same taste either.
http://chateaumoorhen.blogspot.com/boboff wrote:Oh and just for MMM, (thanks)
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Can you get the German quark? I used to use that for sour cream when I lived there.
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Oh yes... fajittas
stir fried veg, guacamole, sour cream, lettuce and salsa....... hmmmmmmm
stir fried veg, guacamole, sour cream, lettuce and salsa....... hmmmmmmm
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I've never seen it unless it is called something else in French. I've never actually tried quark so don't know what it is like!LBR wrote:Can you get the German quark? I used to use that for sour cream when I lived there.
http://chateaumoorhen.blogspot.com/boboff wrote:Oh and just for MMM, (thanks)
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i make a very nice american 'coffee cake' that features sour cream.....yummmm....makes it so moist and yummy!.
don't have time to do the recipe now, but did put it on downsizer......if i'm allowed to link i will tonight!.
don't have time to do the recipe now, but did put it on downsizer......if i'm allowed to link i will tonight!.
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Re: 101 uses for sour cream
Not at all like sour cream! It's a bit like the fromage frais you get here, but much firmer. (And then, of course, there's miles of difference between "proper" Quark from a small dairy and the industrial stuff that they export to the UK...)Millymollymandy wrote:I've never seen it unless it is called something else in French. I've never actually tried quark so don't know what it is like!LBR wrote:Can you get the German quark? I used to use that for sour cream when I lived there.
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Re: 101 uses for sour cream
You can't get it in Italy neither, but if you mix lemon with cream you've got sour cream. I lived in San Francisco many moons ago and got addicted to burritos. Whenever I get a craving for them, I make flour tortillas and then stuff them with the usual, using lemon cream for sour cream and it tastes the same.
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Re: 101 uses for sour cream
Sour Cream Dressing
(from Cookery Illustrated and Household Management 1939ish)
1 Cupful Sour Cream
1/2 cup Tomato Ketchup
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons White Vinegar (or 1 1/2 tbsp white vinegar & 1 dessertspoon tarragon)
Sugar to taste
Mix salt, oil, sugar & vinegar together in bowl. Beat in ketchup, then gradually beat in cream, and serve with fish & vegetable salads.
(from Cookery Illustrated and Household Management 1939ish)
1 Cupful Sour Cream
1/2 cup Tomato Ketchup
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons White Vinegar (or 1 1/2 tbsp white vinegar & 1 dessertspoon tarragon)
Sugar to taste
Mix salt, oil, sugar & vinegar together in bowl. Beat in ketchup, then gradually beat in cream, and serve with fish & vegetable salads.
Re: 101 uses for sour cream
Ina, there was a soft quark I used to get in Munich. It wasn't exactly like sour cream but cost much less than creme fraiche. The firmer version of the quark was too firm for substitution.
Contadina, thanks for the idea. I'll try that. It sounds very nice.
Ellie, that recipe sounds good. Thanks!
Contadina, thanks for the idea. I'll try that. It sounds very nice.
Ellie, that recipe sounds good. Thanks!
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Re: 101 uses for sour cream
That's the cheap stuff - not really "proper" Quark at all! But I agree, it is useful for some things.LBR wrote:Ina, there was a soft quark I used to get in Munich.
Ina
I'm a size 10, really; I wear a 20 for comfort. (Gina Yashere)
I'm a size 10, really; I wear a 20 for comfort. (Gina Yashere)