What to do with 4 pints of Double cream

alictait

As the title says I have 4 pints of the stuff that goes out of date today - got it for 10p at my local makro - couldnt resist !!!! Dont have time to really make ice cream so any other suggestions would be great.

Hmmm, I also have four bags of frozen rhubarb ??? I wonder ???

Pink.

Hi alictait,

If you whip the cream you can freeze it to use another time, or you could make your own butter....if you have a food processor it only takes minutes.

Pink

Kazonline

Ah - beat me to it PW, I was going to suggest butter too as I've been scanning the reduced shelves for weeks hoping to find some double cream for just that!

alictait

Pink-winged wrote:

Hi alictait,

If you whip the cream you can freeze it to use another time, or you could make your own butter....if you have a food processor it only takes minutes.

Pink

thanks there - interested in both of these - only thing is do I have enough space in my freezer for all that whipped cream - would it keep like it is ?

Pink.

No it needs to be whipped, but when it's whipped it should fit back into it's carton.

Pink

alictait

Pink-winged wrote:

No it needs to be whipped, but when it's whipped it should fit back into it's carton.

Pink

I didnt know that - I thought when it was whipped it would have all the air in it aswell - hence taking up more mass !!!

Anyway - looking into this butter thing, Do you think id be better with a food processor with a blade - or my kenwood chef ?

Pink.

alictait wrote:

I didnt know that - I thought when it was whipped it would have all the air in it aswell - hence taking up more mass !!!

Anyway - looking into this butter thing, Do you think id be better with a food processor with a blade - or my kenwood chef ?

I used to think the same about the air in the cream until I tried it. I made butter in the food processor using a plastic blade, but I'm sure it would work equally well in the kenwood chef.

Pink

alictait

Think illl give it a bash - did you let the cream get to room temperature first or do it whilst it was cold ? Im just worried that the cream turns before I use it, however I dont think that it will really matter anyway will it ?

Pink.

It won't turn....It was reduced double cream that I used and it was fine. I think it's important to let it get to room temperature.

alictait

Thanks for your help - ill take it out last thing tonight then and use it when I get home from work tomorrow (about 1)

Cheers

Alictait

Lucie_2

Rhubarb + cream = Rhubarb fool. Yum!

I just googled rhubarb fool & it came up with loads of recipes