Substitute Heavy cream + buttermilk, cultured for Crème fraîche
What crème fraîche does in a recipe: Thick, nutty cultured cream that never curdles under heat.
Heavy cream + buttermilk, cultured
per 1 cup crème fraîche
US1 cup heavy cream + 1 Tbsp buttermilk; rest 12-24 h at room temp
Metric240 ml heavy cream + 15 ml buttermilk
Pantry stapleBaking-safe ✓Alcohol-freeEgg-freeFish-freeGluten-freeNut-freePeanut-freeShellfish-freeSoy-freeContains dairy
You are making the real thing.
What changes: Takes a day
Where Crème fraîche is the substitute: substitute Crème fraîche for Sour cream
More options: all 2 Crème fraîche substitutes
Common questions
- What is the ratio for substituting Heavy cream + buttermilk, cultured for Crème fraîche?
- per 1 cup crème fraîche — US: 1 cup heavy cream + 1 Tbsp buttermilk; rest 12-24 h at room temp. Metric: 240 ml heavy cream + 15 ml buttermilk.
- Why does Heavy cream + buttermilk, cultured work as a Crème fraîche substitute?
- You are making the real thing.
- What changes when you use Heavy cream + buttermilk, cultured instead of Crème fraîche?
- Takes a day
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