Dairy & cheese · Liquid
Single cream
Also called light cream, pouring cream, koffieroom
Thin pouring cream with about 18% fat; for coffee, desserts and enriching soups and sauces, but it splits if boiled hard and won't whip.
- A kind of Cream
What can replace it
- T1 · Great swapCooking cream
More heat-stable; slightly thicker.
- T1 · Great swapHalf-and-half
Slightly thinner.
- T2 · GoodDouble cream
Much richer; dilute with milk. (use 0.6× the amount)
- T2 · GoodEvaporated milk
Cooked-milk flavour; less rich.
- T2 · GoodWhipping cream
Richer; dilute with milk. (use 0.75× the amount)
- T3 · In a pinchCrème fraîche
Thicker and tangy.
- T3 · In a pinchOat cream
Dairy-free with a cereal note.
- T3 · In a pinchWhole milk
Much thinner; sauces will be lighter.
Cook with Single cream