please bear with daft question.....

spaghetti_monster

but what exactly is double cream??????????

I live in Holland where they have x different kinds of yogurt and sour milk but only 2 kinds of cream - single or thick and whipped (often with added sugar)

(As I just had single cream one time I made an apple crumble - I offered BF and friend a glug of single cream. They reacted as if I was asking them to pour on gravy or beer or something!)

Anyway, yesterday I really wanted to make a lemon tart recipe that called for double cream. So I just whisked the single cream until it became double cream consistency - but of course it wasn't quite, a bit bubbly.
Haven't tried the tart yet (it's chilling in the fridge for later) but seems to be firm.

Is there a better way to make double cream (if it's possible??) Or are there any Dutch people out there who know where to get it or an alternative??

Alex x

Penelope_Penguin

Not daft at all - it puzzled me for ages.

Double cream has 48% fat; single has 18% fat.

Cream needs 35% fat for it to be whipped.

HTH, Penny. x

spaghetti_monster

But the single cream was getting a bit thicker when I whipped it...???

I think I made thick whipped cream one time as well - but was this because I put a bit of sugar in??

Ah-ha! Just checked the carton - this cream is 35% fat. So maybe it's inbetween single and double??

Penelope_Penguin

alex_w wrote: »

But the single cream was getting a bit thicker when I whipped it...???

I think I made thick whipped cream one time as well - but was this because I put a bit of sugar in??

Ah-ha! Just checked the carton - this cream is 35% fat. So maybe it's inbetween single and double??

Maybe it's Double Dutch Cream :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I'll get my coat..............

meerustar

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Maybe it's Double Dutch Cream :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I'll get my coat..............

:T :T :rotfl: :rotfl:

spaghetti_monster

Love the dutch language, some of it you couldn't make up....

cream is "slagroom" by the way!!

kunekune

Double cream is a bit of a UK specialty I think. When I lived in New Zealand there was no such thing. I just used 'ordinary cream' in cooking, and there was no problem. The only time it would be a problem is if it had to be whipped: are you able to get unsweetened whipping cream? If not, you might have to use the sweetened stuff and cut the sugar elsewhere.

kethry

alex - this used to stump me as well.. my OH is Dutch (although he lives with me here in the UK) and when we visit his family they sometimes ask me to cook english dishes that they fancy learning (and i've learned some indonesian and dutch dishes from my MIL). my dutch is.. well.. non existent, my MIL's English is pretty good (*much* better than my dutch) but its not at the level of my FIL or OH.. conversations about food are hilarious, as we struggle to find common words for things! Lots of books strewn about the table with pictures and things! I think one of the hardest to get over was "celery leaf" - basically the leaves of the celery plant that are just chopped off in the UK, you can't buy them, but of course in Europe, its regarded as a herb.

Milk is another one - there doesn't seem to be generic "milk" in Holland, but milk for every different thing.. "koffiemelk" (coffeemilk) being the most familiar to me.. its quite creamy, i suppose like full fat milk over here, very very nice but very very fattening.. LOL. (I put weight on every time i visit the Netherlands, the food is so gorgeous). I too ran into the cream issue when i took a christmas pudding over one christmas. fortunately it was single cream that i needed but i did make a note not to want to use a recipe that required double cream.

keth
xx

TNG

sorry, I thought this was a bear with a daft question (how to **** in the woods, maybe? )

*backs out*

torianut

on the subject of cream - can i use double cream in a curry recipe in place of single?? or will it curdle and ruin it?

pukkamum

:rotfl:

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Maybe it's Double Dutch Cream :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I'll get my coat..............

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: