The last time I couldn't find creme
fraiche so I substituted a 1/2 cup of heavy cream and stirred in 1/2 TBSP sour cream.
Not exact matches
Usually when you finish a soup like this — and by «like this» I mean a relatively simple sauté of onion and garlic, a simmering of vegetables in broth followed by a run in the blender — cream or crème
fraiche or sour cream goes in and you could do that here, but I didn't want to bury the brightness of the miso paste,
so I instead drizzled some toasted sesame oil on it (which is, frankly, like crack to me) and scattered some thinly sliced scallions.
Ladle into individual bowls and allow to cool slightly before adding toppings,
so as to leave cultures in creme
fraiche intact.
Another big difference is that creme
fraiche contains more protein and less fat,
so when you're adding it to hot stuff like soup, it holds its texture instead of falling apart or curdling.
I recently tried creme
fraiche in vegetables and was pleasantly surprised
so I think I would try it with that.
Ashley, these are just beautiful, and I know they must taste
so decadent with creme
fraiche — I love how creamy and tangy it is!
I had a couple problems — the crusts crumbled very easily and I couldn't find creme
fraiche locally,
so I made my own.
So I topped it up with the end of a pot of creme
fraiche, probably about 5 tablespoons worth, maybe a bit more.
Creme
fraiche is heavier than sour cream and half & half is heavier than milk,
so my guess is you might have added to much fat and richness to the recipe causing the thick, fudgy texture rather than the moist, cakey texture you were looking for.
So glad creme
fraiche is easy in many European countries!
I live in England and we don't use pumpkins very much at all, basically they're in the shops for a couple of weeks around Halloween and that's it, and it's pretty much impossible to buy canned pumpkin puree here,
so I boiled the pumpkin and then liquidised it to make the puree, and I had to make a few other substitutions for things I didn't have - I used creme
fraiche instead of yogurt, dark brown sugar instead of light, and cake flour doesn't exist here
so I just used plain white flour.
I think it begs to be paired with parsley, garlic and toasted nuts, and when serving this soup, it's important to layer the toppings as suggested — the crunchy spices and toasty hazelnuts, and the fresh parsley, with the cold garlicky crème
fraiche go
so well with the hot creamy celery root soup.
It was incredibly simple to make, but
so rich tasting even before adding the creme
fraiche.
It was even better the next day, I must admit — and it was also my first time baking with creme
fraiche,
so I didn't know what to expect.
I didn't have creme
fraiche on hand
so I added a bit more cream and grated gruyere cheese.
p.s. the muffin tin tasters were
so good i couldn't help but think this would make outstanding cupcakes with an icing made from greek yogurt or sour cream or creme
fraiche....
Although the name of this dessert sounds fancy — meringues with berries and vanilla crème
fraiche — and looks
so pretty that you almost won't want to eat it — don't let that fool you.
-LSB-...] other day I was making a recipe that required creme
fraiche, and I was
so frustrated when my regular grocery store didn't have -LSB-...]
I didn't have yogurt, but had creme
fraiche,
so used that instead — very yummy.
The inspiration recipe calls for a base of creme
fraiche, but oddly my store didn't carry it,
so I substituted Crema Mexicana, which is basically the same thing.
I used milk soured with lemon
so if try again would use half yoghurt or creme
fraiche as suggested or try with around 350 ml soured milk.
you can use a combination of cream cheese and mascarpone, heavy whipping cream or creme
fraiche - I've tried all sorts of fillings
so it depends on what you like.
I didn't have any crème
fraiche nor the ingredients to make my own,
so I substituted plain Greek yogurt.
It was incredibly simple to make, but
so rich tasting even before adding the creme
fraiche.