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.
Here I will give a recipe for one of the possible fillings for ravioli, the dough for which we prepared earlier. Eggs, cottage cheese and spinach – just imagine how delicious it is! Homemade cottage cheese, in addition, will be an excellent independent snack even on weekdays, even on holidays. Let’s try it!
Sandwich pie with red fish, fresh vegetables and cottage cheese cream. A beautiful, spectacular and very tasty snack that is prepared simply and quickly. I think it will be very appropriate for a festive New Year’s table. Try this!
Dishes in pots always turn out very tasty. In addition, it is very convenient to serve the dish in portions. I suggest cooking potatoes with onions and pickled chicken fillet, with sour cream and egg filling. This is a very tender and delicious dish!
A very simple but interesting vegetable salad with fresh zucchini and corn with a dressing of sour cream and French mustard with grains! Very easy to prepare.
Soft, sweet, with the aroma of honey and spices – this cake is simply created for winter weather! It’s so nice to have a cup of tea with him after a long walk… And it is very easy to prepare, so involve children in the baking process, they will certainly be interested!
New Year’s holidays are not only a festive table, candles and treats. This also includes gatherings with friends, visits and, of course, breakfast with family. It is for such breakfasts that I suggest you prepare this tender and delicious casserole. Something similar was prepared by my grandmother when I was with her on New Year’s holidays. Of course, there was no cottage cheese then, but there was cottage cheese and sour cream. This option is very similar to the one that was in childhood.
Stuffed eggs can be with a variety of fillings, one of our favorites is with herring, potatoes and apple. The snack turns out very tasty and flies away instantly.