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Is there a French equivalent of double cream?
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elvin
Joined: 05 Nov 2008, 14:30
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have looked in the dictionary and found different translations, including the one I bought last week which I think was in fact creme fraiche.
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| 19 Nov 2008, 11:51 |
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BigCat
Joined: 02 Mar 2007, 11:08
Posts: 661
Location: 41 Loir et Cher
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Lots of discussion on here if you do a search - I haven't done one for you 'cos I'm in the middle of washing mould of the wal, this is my coffee breakl and searchingt takes time.
We buy Creme Cru from LeClerc but you can't beat it - it goes runny. You can stir it gently to loosen it and then spread it - used it on a trifle on Sunday and it was fine. People also buy something called Fleurette - you'll find it when you search the forums.
Bon chance.
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| 19 Nov 2008, 12:19 |
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Pip
Joined: 16 Sep 2003, 22:22
Posts: 3349
Location: Just outside Ely & Segur le Chateau in the Correze
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Hi elvin,
Go to Search the forum at the top of the page and put cream as the keyword and search in the French Food and Drink section. You will get a host of threads discussing the very subject.
The simple answer is no but there are suggestions of all sorts.
Pip
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| 19 Nov 2008, 13:44 |
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elsie65
Joined: 02 Feb 2008, 11:35
Posts: 1021
Location: Deux Sevres (79)
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I buy Creme Professional - comes in a carton in Hyper U - it does everything I want it to do
Lorraine
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| 19 Nov 2008, 14:04 |
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Lippy
Joined: 13 Jul 2005, 16:58
Posts: 2118
Location: Sussex/Dordogne Nr Bergerac
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I had hat appeared to be double cream at a friends and he said it was Creme douce epaisse Pechalou. Apparently hard to come by from Le Clerc as it sells out fast.
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| 19 Nov 2008, 14:34 |
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Swissie
Joined: 03 Aug 2008, 14:03
Posts: 1384
Location: East Leics + Swiss Jura
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yes, creme epaisse.
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| 19 Nov 2008, 21:15 |
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elvin
Joined: 05 Nov 2008, 14:30
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Thanks Big Cat, Pip, Elsie65, Lippy and Godule.
I've certainly got a fun time ahead of me sampling all your suggestions for alternatives to double cream - hopefully I'll manage to get through them all in time to find the perfect accompaniment to adorn my christmas pudding!!!
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| 23 Nov 2008, 18:40 |
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KathyC
Joined: 30 Aug 2005, 15:20
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elvin wrote: Thanks Big Cat, Pip, Elsie65, Lippy and Godule.
I've certainly got a fun time ahead of me sampling all your suggestions for alternatives to double cream - hopefully I'll manage to get through them all in time to find the perfect accompaniment to adorn my christmas pudding!!! Creme fraiche is lovely with Christmas pudding, it cuts through the sweetness.
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| 23 Nov 2008, 19:08 |
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Issie
Joined: 02 Feb 2007, 09:29
Posts: 415
Location: Vienne. Dept 86.France
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I always buy Champion's CREAM 30% In a white tub, red writing saying Cream, it's in chiller section with yoghurts etc It does taste like thick double cream and whips lovely 
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| 23 Nov 2008, 19:34 |
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Reveuse
Joined: 11 Sep 2008, 11:47
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Best cream IMHO is what you buy at the markets from the cheese and dairy stall, you ask for a little pot or a big pot and they dollop in out of a huge tub. Once I was behind another lady waiting to get served and she was complaining to the farmeress that the cream she'd bought the previous week had gone off, and the farmeress said don't throw it out if it starts to smell a bit cheesy, it will taste different but just as good, and you can keep it for at least a fortnight 
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| 23 Nov 2008, 20:00 |
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auntyp
Joined: 31 Jan 2008, 18:59
Posts: 532
Location: Dept 19, Nr Brive, Limousin
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It has to have a minimum 30% matt graisse (apologise if spelled incorrectly) which is fat - most french cream is lower fat which is why it won't whip - the long life ones with 30 or 35% flashes on are nearest I've found.
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| 23 Nov 2008, 20:51 |
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KathyC
Joined: 30 Aug 2005, 15:20
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I never really see the point of whipping cream, unless for decoration.
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| 23 Nov 2008, 23:39 |
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yatesy
Joined: 16 Nov 2004, 18:34
Posts: 3415
Location: Charente-Maritime (17) Near Royan
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We buy local creme fraiche from our local market fromager. It's excellent stuff, but it's still not English double cream. Almost the same fat content but a little more acidic and cheesy.
It is the closest we've found to wonderful, sweet real British double cream - but it ain't the same!
Sue
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| 24 Nov 2008, 02:14 |
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poubelle
Joined: 01 Jun 2004, 10:44
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Location: 35
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 These are the facts. (perhaps this ought to be a fact sheet or a sticky?)
There is no nationally-available direct equivalent in France to English double cream.
There are many local producers supplying creme cru and creme fraiche. The latter has a 'souring' agent added for French tastes, this is what gives the acidic tang. In some creams this is far less pronounced than others, and these are a very good substitute for double cream. Creme cru is basically the same thing, but unpasteurised, so can be even better.
These local producers supply supermarkets in their areas as well as sell at markets. So because you can buy their products in one Leclerc, for example, because all the shops are franchises with local as well as central buying policies, you will not find the same thing in all Leclercs. Not every market will have a producer selling cream.
Where there is a choice, go for 'epaisse' - this means thick. Also fat content varies, you need over about 30% for whipping.
It's far easier to find cream in dairy-producing areas like Normandy.
Florette/fleurette is a good, widely-available, substitute that can be used in many recipes, but it is NOT the same as double cream. Similarly with the cardboard cartons from Elle et Vire and similar. These come in varying fat contents, and you need the thicker/higher fat ones for 'double' cream.
Interestingly if you look at French expat forums you will often find people asking what the equivalent product is to creme fleurette, because they cannot find it in the US or England.
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Issie
Joined: 02 Feb 2007, 09:29
Posts: 415
Location: Vienne. Dept 86.France
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These are the facts. (perhaps this ought to be a fact sheet or a sticky?) Good Idea So many of us ask about cream Wish we had the lady on the market stall that sold Fresh Double Cream as they do in other area's Lets Make this a STICKY
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