Alma Lach

Crème Fraîche

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Hows and Whys of French Cooking
Hows and Whys of French Cooking

By Alma Lach

Published 1974

  • About

If there is a secret to French cooking, it is to be found in crème fraîche. Never be without it.

Ingredients

  • 1 (8-ounce) carton whipping cream
  • 3 tablespoons commercial yoghurt

Method

  1. Pour whipping cream into a jar. Add yoghurt. Mix well, then set into a pilot-heated oven for about 8 hours, or overnight. Next morning stir and refrigerate. Once cold, it will thicken (see notes). If your oven has no pilot light, make crème fraîche during the day and keep warm in water maintained at about 100 degrees.
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