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Double Cream

  • 13-10-2006 07:26AM
    #1
    Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 141 ✭✭


    I have noticed alot of English recipes call for single or double cream. I know you can buy double cream in M&S but its not a common ingerdient in Ireland. So when a recipe calls for this what is the Irish alternative? Is it just cream?

    Also when a recipe calls for single cream, is this just milk?


Comments

  • #2
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,860 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    No - single cream is not milk. It is bog-standard cream. Double cream is thicker.

    I know that Avonmore & Elmlea do single cream & double cream varieties & you can get them in any decent supermarket.

    Info found of the interweb:

    Q. What is double cream?

    A. Double cream is the name in Britain for a very rich cream — containing 48% butterfat. Single cream in Britain is comparable to American half and half (and may also be called pouring cream), with between 10% and 12% fat.


    More definitions of cream here.


  • #3
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    I've never had any trouble getting double cream in any Superquinn/Tesco in Ireland !


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