Double Cream

[Tanya]

Sad thread I know but I am trying to make a cheesecake I used to make in the UK which uses Double Cream. Has anyone here found an equivalent for it or know what I can use to substitute it??

Many thanks for any suggestions in advance

Tanya

[Moorf]

I use the pots of "thickened cream" from Woollies.... I think it's made by Anchor - in the chiller with the bottles of single cream

[Avalon]

Ive given up! The thicked cream isnt real double cream - its pouring cream with thickeners in such as gelatine! Yuck! For cheesecake its actually unlikely to give you the same "richness" that double cream would.

Ive just made Delia's Truffle Torte, adn used normal pouring cream that I had to whip a bit extra to get it thick enough. It worked fine, but it lost some of the richness.

Try both? I cant use the Thickened cream becasue I cant eat the stuff they add to it (and i object on principle - but thats just me!)

I really dont understand why they cant make double cream here - theres enough dairy cows.

[Tanya]

Thanks to you both. I used that horrible thickened cream in the end - wasn't quite the same - may try the normal cream next time.

You are both stars

Tanya

[Dinnaefash]

I had exactly the same trouble for Xmas Day!! The 'thickened' stuff is pretty yuk - doesn't even taste like double cream - and as a veggie I won't be eating it again. Sour cream is the same, has all that extra stuff in it!!! Eeek! What's a girl to do. I'm about to email Anchor and find out what's going on, will keep you posted!

[Dinnaefash]

Got an answer!

"Thank you for your email regarding Double Cream. The Anchor
Cream is an extra thick cream for whipping and is the equivalent to the
double cream you have in the UK. We also have a thickened cream.
Recently we deleted the single cream from our range due to poor demand.

Kind regards,
Pat Wareham
Consumer Relations Officer
0800 103 778 "

[Smiler]

I bought some fresh stuff in a plastic bottle with a red top in New World.

It whipped up fine for the Pav. But is that the thickened goop?


Deborah

[Tanya]

Got an answer!

"Thank you for your email regarding Double Cream. The Anchor
Cream is an extra thick cream for whipping and is the equivalent to the
double cream you have in the UK. We also have a thickened cream.
Recently we deleted the single cream from our range due to poor demand.

Kind regards,
Pat Wareham
Consumer Relations Officer
0800 103 778 "

Thanks for that
Now we know!
Tanya

[Dinnaefash]

Smiler, the plastic bottles with a red cap are the single cream. The thickened stuff is in a little pot.

Now, anyone know how I go about making sour cream from cream, so I don't have to buy that yucky stuff????

[Tanya]

Smiler, the plastic bottles with a red cap are the single cream. The thickened stuff is in a little pot.

Now, anyone know how I go about making sour cream from cream, so I don't have to buy that yucky stuff????

To make Soured Cream

Stir 5ml (1 tspn) Lemon juice into 150ml (1/4 pint) fresh single cream and leave it to stand for 30 minutes. Voila!

Tanya