This morning, Kirsty and Richard came to cook at
Cuisine de Provence and we came to talking about her aunt who finds it absolutely impossible to find a cream in France that transforms into whipped cream. I would like to dedicate this post to Kirsty's aunt who lives in Dordogne, although this is a problem not only Kirsty's aunt, but lots of other expats have long been fighting with. France - the land of milk and creams - but did you ever try to make a somewhat decent whipped cream here? I went through years of frustrating results until, by trial and error, I found this:
This, dear reader, is the one and only cream in France that gives you real good, oldfashioned whipped cream! And if Super U ever decides not to sell it anymore I might just contemplate to - no, not to leave France, but probably to never eat whipped cream again....
And just so you know what you have to look for, here is the bottle in all it's glory:
So now dear expats, no more excuse to use the frankly revolting cream from spray cans: go and have yourself a real lovely whipped cream feast! And greetings to Kirsty's aunt in Dordogne!
I was reading othewr day Christchurch(about 3 hours flying from me) to Paris Air Asia to Paris(one way) 570 NZ dollars(about 275 Euros).Oh boy was I in my thoughts on my way there.I just love France and what a great way to travel on Internet and enjoy it through fantatsic food ideas;)
ReplyDeleteBarbara, this is interesting. Now I have to ask, since whipped cream is used so much in Germany, it is easier to find there, isn't it? I am sure there are many French cooks with American or other European connections that are applauding you this morning. Susan
ReplyDeleteBarbara I never know what to use for recipes where I would normally use cream in the US. So far I have generally used creme fraiche. Would creme fraiche fluide be a better substitute?
ReplyDeleteI have never seen this on the shelves here but maybe because I have not really looked! I am going shopping tomorrow with my eyes wide open. LOL Diane
ReplyDeleteSusan: You will never have a problem finding cream to prepapre whipped cream in Germany...the Germans sure do love their whipped cream
ReplyDeleteMichel: IMO Crème fraîche fluide works much better for sauces etc. than the thicker crème fraîche
Diane: Did you find and whip it?
So you have cream issues in France too! Amazing! Here, the choice is very limited indeed and nothing like English cream. I suppose it's because it's not part of the culture.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know about this. Here in Italy we get whipping cream in a carton and then I just whip it up myself. We don't have clotted cream though. I'm following you back, thank you! I'm glad to meet you.
ReplyDeleteClaudia - I guess you are right - whipped cream is more popular in Austria, Germany, Holland etc. than in France.
ReplyDeleteCiccia - Welcome to Cuisine de Provence!
We really have no good creams here in the states-when in France, I can't get enough good cream!
ReplyDeleteDo you have to make sure the bowl and ustensils are icy cold for the cream to be whipped to perfect consistency?
ReplyDeleteNathalie, it does help if at least the cream is very cold. If you have the time, put the bowl and the mixers in the fridge for half an hour before whipping, too.
ReplyDeleteWe have been living here for more than 6 years and I had given up on finding cream for whipping, so will be searching for this on next trip to Super U! It seems so strange that there are aisles of yoghurts, cheeses, numerous varieties of milk, etc etc and it's so difficult to get cream - and as for that uht stuff - no thanks!
ReplyDeleteThank you!!!! What frustration I have had trying to make whipped cream!
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