Irish cookery

[Spreeny]

I'm hoping to make an recipe for a soup which calls for 'one half cup of half-and-half'.... can someone tell me what this ingredient is please.

[Goodsoulette]

not ale and stout? half ale and half stout/brown ale, thats what it is round here anyways.

[Spreeny]

It's for an old recipe for a type of leek & potato soup, I can't imagine you'd add brown ale to it, but thanks very much.

[mccfluff]

is it an american recipe? i'm sure their semi skimmed milk is half n half

[whiskeysheri]

There is an American type of milk called Half & Half. It's half milk and half cream, I think.

[bubbles4920]

yes half and half is almost like a single cream here in the states and you can get it fat free too. i would say to make it up yourself, you should mix single cream with some regular milk until it finely coats the back of a tablespoon when it runs off. i see you are making soup, i would maybe use just single cream or a low fat one if that would work but thats me just being health conscious, some recipes dont work if you try to do them low fat.

[Spreeny]

Thankyou all very much