Sour cream is not French creme fraiche, which, although similar, remain thick cream. Although fresh cream has a sourness, this is a very subtle difference from fresh cream. Ordinary sour cream is really sour (when compared with cream), but silky and soft to the taste.
How to choose Sour Cream?
Chefs most often choose an average value of 20-25% fat content – this is the optimal balance of low calorie content and suitable consistency, which is suitable for both cold and hot dishes. The secret is that the low-fat mixture collapses under the influence of high temperatures. Therefore, if recipes with sour cream involve heat treatment, it is better to choose a sufficient minimum.
A low-fat mixture is enough for dressing vegetable salads, soups, making quick sauces and gravy potato pancakes. Pasty sour cream is needed for whipping cream for cakes, making desserts, mousses, fruit salads, for baking in the oven, stewing meat, fish, mushrooms and vegetables. Sour cream is also used instead of mayonnaise, pancakes are kneaded on sour cream, and additionally it is used to prepare cold sauces to roast or poultry meat.
How to cook Sour Cream?
In any recipe where you want to bake something under mayonnaise, the latter can be replaced with fatty sour cream with the addition of salt and a drop of wine vinegar. Fat thick sour cream is better suited for whipping with sugar, for creams and dip sauces (for dipping). Liquid sour cream is better suited for stewing, for sauces and gravies.
Dumplings with red fish and sauerkraut. Juicy, tender, hearty, very tasty. A family recipe that is very many years old. These dumplings for New Year and Christmas were prepared by my great-grandmother, great-grandmother-great-grandmother and mother. And I also follow the family tradition. On our New Year’s table, this dish always takes pride of place and enjoys constant popularity. Try this! I hope you will also like fish dumplings with sauerkraut.
I like the combination of avocado with fish, and with smoked meat it’s a fairy tale in general. A simple, very tender and very satisfying salad. It is prepared easily and quickly, for lunch, dinner or a festive table. And the sauce will perfectly complement the whole rainbow of flavors.
Girls and boys, for my last recipe in the contest, I’m closing my favorite chicken marinade recipe. This marinade is great for barbecue. I’ve been using it for a long time. The recipe is always asked. I hope you enjoy it too. This recipe is very convenient for a festive feast. In it, the side dish and the chicken are baked on the same baking sheet under the most fragrant sauce. It turns out perfectly.
Burfi is a popular Indian sweet. The site presents several variations of this milk fudge, but they differ in ingredients. I offer you my recipe. You can prepare this dish for the New Year’s table, surprising guests with a new taste.
I offer a cheesecake in the shape of a Christmas tree for a festive table as a snack! It will become a real decoration of the New Year’s table and will not go unnoticed by your guests! It is prepared quickly, which is very convenient in the midst of the New Year’s rush, but it turns out delicious and elegant!
What’s a New Year without sweets? And if it’s a honey cake, then you will definitely succeed! I diluted the classic combination of honey cakes and sour cream with an orange note in the form of a curd, and I want to say that the cake turned out just magical! Tender honey-orange cakes, sour citrus fruits and sour cream are a holiday! Try it for sure!
This wonderful hot dish is a real friend on the New Year’s table! The most delicate, with an appetizing crust and an incomparable aroma! A few years ago I tried it at a friend’s birthday party. It was a cross between a jellied snack cake and a grill.