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.
The combination of mushrooms and potatoes – the taste is clear in everything. I propose to cook a delicious and satisfying casserole on bread from improvised products. Suitable for dinner, for lunch with hot broth or soup, decide for yourself. The recipe was born spontaneously during the preparation of mashed potatoes. The rest of the products were in stock and that’s what happened.
Autumn is a time when, more than ever, you want romance, dinner just for two and warm evenings… At such moments, I don’t want to load my evening with something heavy, I want something light and tasty. I have prepared a very simple and at the same time delicious dinner that will decorate your romantic evenings and create a festive and warm atmosphere this fall…
I often cook dishes based on books. In some works there are detailed recipes, in some you will have to experiment. The pie turns out fragrant, moderately sweet, with a delicious cheese filling and very autumnal.
Lazy autumn Saturday morning, how good that yesterday I cooked this wonderful pie-casserole with a filling of stewed sauerkraut and mushrooms. To be honest, I’ve never cooked pies from pita bread before and finally decided. We really liked this pie, it is good both hot and cold, cold is even tastier. And most importantly, it is very easy to prepare.
Shepherd’s pie in an “edible pot” with potatoes can make a splash in your home. This is an unusual potato baked twice: under a ruddy layer of mashed potatoes there is a hearty filling of beef and vegetables. And instead of casserole – potato “pots”, which are also edible.
I’ve made my own changes to the pie filling. In the original recipe there is parmesan-40 g, I did not put it and 150 g of sour cream. Instead, I took 2 tablespoons of sour cream and 150 g of cottage cheese. Juicy fragrant pie on crumbly dough.