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What can you substitute with Creme Fraiche? Or what can you add it too?
I finally found a place that sells Creme Fraiche. It is the Whole Foods in Carle Place LI NY.
I remember a bunch of recipes on YT with creme fraiche but cant remember them anymore. Can it be used in french style pan sauces? Can you substitute cream or sour cream with creme fraiche? I know you can add to bolognese sauce. You can probably just use it as the sauce. I like to have pork chops with sour cream, but this creme fraiche may taste better as stand alone sauce.
I'm not sure why you'd want to use creme fraiche instead of other alternatives that are cheaper. A pint of good quality sour cream will cost you between $2.50 and $3.00, while crème fraîche will set you back, what, $10+ for a pint?
Maybe in a sauce that needs to be boiled? Sour cream would curdle if it's boiled, correct? Isn't that why you should add it off the heat, at the end of whatever you're cooking? But I don't think creme fraiche would curdle?
I'm not sure why you'd want to use creme fraiche instead of other alternatives that are cheaper. A pint of good quality sour cream will cost you between $2.50 and $3.00, while crème fraîche will set you back, what, $10+ for a pint?
Maybe in a sauce that needs to be boiled? Sour cream would curdle if it's boiled, correct? Isn't that why you should add it off the heat, at the end of whatever you're cooking? But I don't think creme fraiche would curdle?
I am under the impression that it tastes better. I just tried creme fraiche for first time, and it does taste different. I just want to see what will happen if I use it as substitute.
I first heard about crème fraiche while viewing a Gordon Ramsey video on how to properly cook scrambled eggs. He used crème fraiche and diced chives, and poured the still slightly gelatinous scrambled eggs over a hunk of toasted French bread.
I tried it his way. I thought that the scrambled eggs were disgusting - a sour under taste to them. I still use his technique of cooking them in a sauce pan with a pat of butter, mixing constantly with a cake spatula to keep them light and fluffy, but I swap in whole milk and diced sweet onion for the crème fraiche and diced chives...and I cook them a bit more solid...and I don't pour them over toast. I get very positive reviews for my scrambled eggs.
My take - if you have a dish that calls for milk or cream, but you want to introduce a sour taste...and you wish to use something four times as expensive than sour cream - try some crème fraiche.
I mean what can I substitute using Creme Fraiche. Can put creme fraiche in deserts instead of mascarpone?
Sure, but it's not as sweet. The closest to Creme Fraiche that I've found is Mexican Crema it has a very similar taste but it's a bit thinner. I didn't understand your question I guess because I hate paying $10 for Creme Fraiche and always use an alternative.
Sure, but it's not as sweet. The closest to Creme Fraiche that I've found is Mexican Crema it has a very similar taste but it's a bit thinner. I didn't understand your question I guess because I hate paying $10 for Creme Fraiche and always use an alternative.
Good idea about the Mexican crema! (But probably wouldn't work very well if you used Guatemalan or Salvadoran crema. It surprised my taste buds when I tried them as subs for Mexican crema )
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