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Heavy cream (double cream / whipping cream)

crème fraîche liquide · heavy cream (35~38%)

Flavor and role: Rich cream with at least 35% milk fat that thickens and smooths sauces and whips into foam. Non-dairy whipping cream is not suitable for cooking.
Typical dishes and uses: Butter chicken, Marry Me Chicken, stroganoff, whipped cream for pavlova
Substitutes: For cooking, 200 ml cream = 150 ml milk + 50 g melted butter. Hard to replace for whipping.
Storage: Refrigerate and use within 3-5 days of opening. Keep it cold (4°C) for whipping.
Main countries: France · United States · United Kingdom
Used in this book: Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani)Pavlova Marry Me Chicken Strogonoff de Frango (Brazilian Chicken Stroganoff)Classic American Apple Pie Burnt Basque Cheesecake Chicken Tikka Masala New England Clam Chowder Crème Brûlée Fiskesuppe (Norwegian Creamy Fish Soup)Hokey Pokey Ice Cream Nanaimo Bars Palak Paneer (Spinach with Indian Cheese)Panna Cotta Quiche Lorraine Sticky Toffee Pudding Swedish Meatballs (Köttbullar) with Cream Gravy Banana Dulce de Leche Alfajor Parfait Cups Hand-Pulled Apple Strudel with Walnut Butter Crumbs Brown Butter Lattice Apple Pie Crispy Potato-Nest Bacalhau Brás Egg Cups Bangers with Ale and Caramelised Onion Gravy Vanilla Bean Basque Cheesecake with Salted Caramel Matcha Basque Cheesecake with Sweet Red Bean Burnt Basque Cheesecake Toast Lamb Bobotie with Geelrys Gourmet Dark Chocolate Brigadeiros Strawberry Brigadeiro Spoon Pots Royal Milk Tea Boba with Salted Cream Cheese Foam Brown Sugar Boba Milk Tea Panna Cotta Budae-jjigae Rosé Penne Tandoor-Style Murgh Makhani Butter Chicken Rigatoni Butter Chicken Cheese Toast Charcoal-Skewered Chicken Tikka Masala Chicken Tikka Masala Quesadillas Chicken Tikka Masala Cheesy Baked Rice Choux Churros with Cinnamon Sugar and 70% Chocolate Matcha Churros with White Chocolate Dip Churro French Toast Sticks Brown Butter Almond Cherry Clafoutis Wine-Steamed Clam Chowder with Crispy Bacon Clam Chowder Pot Pie Hand-Cut Skirt Steak Pasty in Flaky Dripping Pastry Double-Torched Vanilla Crème Brûlée Matcha Crème Brûlée with Sweet Red Bean Crème Brûlée French Toast Crêpe Tiramisu Cups Rosé Dakbokkeumtang (Gochujang Tomato Cream Chicken)Dakgalbi Sweet Potato Cheese Gratin Doenjang Cream Pasta Butter Chicken Enchiladas Gochujang Cream Alfredo Crispy Alfredo Pasta Nests Bergen Fish Soup (Bergensk Fiskesuppe) with Homemade Stock Caramelised Brioche Pain Perdu Gamjatang Potato Gratin with Perilla Cream Gochujang Rosé Gnocchi Vanilla Bean Custard Hokey Pokey with Chocolate-Dipped Salted Honeycomb Dalgona Coffee Hokey Pokey Ice Cream Chocolate-Dipped Hokey Pokey Ice Cream Bars Jerk Chicken Rasta Pasta Rosé Jjamppong with Bacon Oven-Baked Kaiserschmarrn with Homemade Zwetschkenröster Kelewele Caramel Sundae with Honey Peanut Crunch Kimchi Bacon Cream Udon Raspberry Jam and Cream Lamingtons Lamington French Toast Gochujang Rosé Lasagna Soup Crispy-Skin Marry Me Chicken Thighs with White Wine Pan Sauce Gochujang Rosé Marry Me Chicken Rice Bowl Marry Me Chicken Baguette Melt Belgian Ale Moules with Cream and Triple-Cooked Tallow Frites Brown Butter Nanaimo Bars with Dark Chocolate Ganache Nanaimo Thumbprint Truffle Bites Deli-Style New York Cheesecake with Sour Cream Topping and Strawberry Glaze No-Bake New York Cheesecake Jars with Blueberry Compote Seared Paneer Palak with Garlic Tadka Palak Paneer Green Shakshuka Pancit Canton Carbonara Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta with Salted Caramel Coconut Panna Cotta with Lime Mango Strawberry Yogurt Panna Cotta Bars Pastel de Choclo with Knife-Cut Beef Pino and White-Wine Chicken Lemon Curd Berry Pavlova Mango Coconut Lime Pavlova Strawberry Pavlova Yogurt Cup Potjie Pot Pie Churro Dessert Quesadillas Deep-Dish Quiche Lorraine with Homemade Pastry Kimchi Bacon Quiche Quiche Lorraine Croissants Butterschmalz Wiener Schnitzel with Viennese Potato Salad Tea-Soaked Sultana Buttermilk Scones Matcha White Chocolate Scones Red Wine Lamb Shepherd's Pie with a Duchess Potato Crown Campfire S'mores Skillet Dip Black Treacle Sticky Toffee Pudding with Salted Toffee Sauce White Miso Sticky Toffee Pudding with Miso Butterscotch Sticky Toffee Mug Cakes with Salted Toffee Drizzle Beef Tenderloin Stroganoff with Brandy Cream Gochujang Chicken Stroganoff Stroganoff-Loaded Baked Potatoes Restaurant-Style Köttbullar Plate Gochujang Rosé Cream Meatball Rice Bowl Swedish Meatball Pasta Bake Shortcrust Tarte Tatin with Vanilla Salted Caramel and Chantilly Marsala Zabaglione Tiramisu Japanese Matcha Tiramisu with Sweet Red Bean Tiramisu French Toast Tom Yum Shrimp Cream Spaghetti Bacon Parmesan Rosé Tteokbokki Tteokguk Cream Gratin Cinnamon-Sugar Mini Yorkies with Berries and Cream

Updated 2026-10-10