Creme Fraiche

[petes_dragon]

Hi,

Does any one know what I can do with craime fraiche?

I use a bit to make a pasta dish, but I've always got about half a tub left afterwards that I always seem to throw away coz I can't think of what else to use it for!!

Any ideas appreciated

A xXx

[Kim A]

Treat it like yoghurt - add some honey or fresh friut and have it for breakfast. Use it instead of cream in a sponge cake, have a dollop on your cornflakes, just eat it straight out of the tub, with a friend and a bar of chocolate, or some strawberries. Stir some horseradish into it and serve it with a steak. Stir some chutney into it and serve it as a dip. Make a salad dressing for a 'poor man's caesar' salad with it, adding crushed garlic. Need I go on?

[aurelia]

Creme fraiche is nice with chopped apples and walnuts as a dessertor as a topping for strawberries as it has a sweeter taste than cream

[petes_dragon]

Thank you both for your answers - I've got loads of ideas now. I din't know whether it should be like a cream or like a yog.....got loads of strawberries today so I'll start with them!

Thanks
A xxx

[Cetti]

Why not use the whole tub (a small tub, that is) to make a linguine pasta sauce?

Fry chopped up lean bacon in small amount of lemon or chilli olive oil until slightly brown.
Add sliced mushrooms, stir around till soft.
Add chopped chilli or garlic...or both.
When pasta is nearly cooked stir in creme fraiche. If liked stir in 'la vache qui ris' cube cheese or leave plain.
Serve with chopped parsley, coriander or basil, whichever you prefer.

[Cetti]

Creme fraiche is incrediby versatile and can be used in sweet or savoury dishes.
Brilliant to cook with as it doesn't separate. Use instead of cream or yogurt. I like the hal cream version as it makes me feel virtuous!

[POTTSY52]

creme friache is lush with green or red pesto sauce with chicken / pasta yummy :)

[wilsarnie]

wilsarnie's special chicken - fried with onions and red peppers. sprinkle paprika over with ground black pepper. cook some penne pasta. stir in the craime fraiche into the pasta, add chicken & veg, add a little parmasean, parsely to garnish, hey presto.

I'm hungry now..

[Um?]

If you like fresh/smoked fish: butter ovenproof dish, put in the fillet of whitefish, salt and pepper it and surround with loads of halved cherry tomatoes and basil leaves. Spread Creme Fraiche all over to cover then grate parmesan over the top. 15 - 20 mins in oven at 190 - yum.