what is heavy cream also known as in england?

Question

i got a recipe which says, 355 ml heavy cream. i searched on internet and it didn't give me a right answer. this is an american recipe, as i live in england, i cant find heavy cream!

Answer 1

Going by your question and the information you have given from the recipe, I believe that using UK Double Cream - with its 48% fat content - would be the best. I have included some information on cream below, I hope you find this helpful. Good luck.

In the United States, cream is usually sold as:

*Half and half (10.5–18% fat)

*Light, coffee, or table cream (18–30% fat)

*Medium cream (25% fat)

*Whipping or light whipping cream (30–36% fat)

*Heavy whipping cream (36% or more fat)

*Extra-heavy or manufacturer's cream (38–40% or more fat), generally not available at retail stores.


In the United Kingdom, cream is usually sold as:

*Half cream (12%fat content)

*Single cream or light cream (18% fat content)

*Whipping cream (35% fat content)

*Double cream (48% fat content)

Sour cream in the U.S. is cream (18% or more milk fat) that has been subjected to a bacterial culture that produces lactic acid (0.5%+), which sours and thickens it.

Crème fraîche is a heavy cream slightly soured with bacterial culture, but not as sour or as thick as American sour cream. Mexican crema (or cream espesa) is similar to crème fraîche. Smetana is a Central and Eastern European sour cream.

In the UK, clotted cream (similar to Indian malai) is a very high-fat (55%) product processed with heat.

Cream with 30% or more of fat can be turned into whipped cream by mixing it with air. This roughly doubles the cream's volume as air bubbles are captured in a network of fat droplets. (Whipped cream is said to have been invented in 1671 by François Vatel for a banquet in honour of Louis XIV, though it is likely that it was actually known long before this.) If the whipping is continued, the fat droplets stick together and form butter; the remaining liquid is buttermilk.

Chantilly cream (French: crème Chantilly) is whipped cream with sugar and vanilla.

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Jilted

Answer 2

Double Cream

Answer 3

It's Double Cream

Answer 4

Clotted cream, or the closest you can get to that would be double cream.........good luck!!! Here in America, we have cream and heavy cream, which is just twice the thickness of of regular cream

Answer 5

Double cream or whipping cream.

Answer 6

Creme freche is heavy cream in the rest of Europe.

Answer 7

heavy cream is also whipping cream. i'm american so i dont know what your choices are, but unless you're trying to whip the cream, if you just use "cream" you should be fine

Answer 8

I'd imagine it means double cream.

Answer 9

double cream

Answer 10

double cream