What to do with 4 pints of Double cream

angchris

how about making some butter? put it in a jam jar and shake it till you have a ball of butter sloshing around in buttermilk. its facinating to watch for the first time and it tastes delish:T

suzy_g

Tine thanks for the link for the potato gratin, my family love it, I made two batches and froze the rest, it was a winner suzy

tawnyowls

TKP wrote:

I once tried freezing double cream. When I defrosted it, it had turned yellow and was all hard and lumpy???

Just whisk it a bit and it should go back to normal.

Raksha

Angelina-M wrote:

Just make butter!

I bought 2 pints of double cream reduced to 16p per 1/2 pint pot yesterday - yeild 1 1/2 lbs fresh butter, easy as pie to make, shame cream isn't reduced like this more often....

MrsTinks

suzy_g wrote:

Tine thanks for the link for the potato gratin, my family love it, I made two batches and froze the rest, it was a winner suzy

Very Welcome

I made some too and made enough for 6 people... there were 3 of us and the dog only got a look in to lick the empty dish

The recipe I used was I think slightly different (and easy lol) - based on how my mum makes hers

Take spuds and Onions and peel and slice. put layer of potato, then onion and so on till near the top, finish with potato. Add generous knobs of butter on top and pour over cream, for a large dish which I usually use to make lasgana for 5-6 people I used about 2 normal sized cream tub things (not the tiny ones, the size up - sorry I have a cold and am not thinking straight...)

Cover with tin foil and stick in oven on about 190-200c for 45-50 mins - check to see if spuds are cooked, if they are soft then take the tin foil off and return for 10 mins to turn it all nice and brown on top OR 2 minutes under a HOT grill

Yum yum yum yum yum

grunnie

I usually buy a few tubs of cream when they are down to 10p in my local Co-op. I whisk them up -stir in a tin of custard then in to the freezer. Icecream !!!:j

crispeater

i made this when i had left over cream, it was yummy!! and i served it with taglietelle not spaghetti

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/spaghetticarbonara_72593.shtml

tawnyowls

That's the recipe I use as well! And tagliatelle is much better with it - soaks the sauce up a treat.

crispeater

lol it was so nice that when my ds finished he put his bowl on his head which i took to be a sign of a good meal lol bless him he is only 15mths!

art_student

Hi guys, I have 2 tubs of double cream left over and was wondering if you could suggest some nice recipes to use them up.
Thankyou!