Chef John's Crème Fraiche

Name: Chef John's Crème Fraiche
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: 32
Ingredients: 2 cups heavy cream; 3 tablespoons cultured buttermilk

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Making crème fraiche is very easy and, once you taste the magic of homemade sour cream, you'll have a hard time not repeating this esoteric exercise. Sure it takes a couple days, but the effort is minimal and the payoff is marvelous.

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📊 At a Glance

Prep 5 min

Serves 32

Difficulty Easy

🛒 Ingredients

2 cups heavy cream

3 tablespoons cultured buttermilk

Nutrition Facts

Servings per recipe 32

Serving size 1 serving

Amount per serving

Calories 52

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 5.5g 7%

Saturated Fat 0g 0%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 7mg 0%

Total Carbohydrate 0.5g 0%

Dietary Fiber 0g 0%

Total Sugars 0.1g

Protein 0.4g 1%

Vitamin D 0mcg 0%

Calcium 0mg 0%

Iron 0mg 0%

Potassium 0mg 0%

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

👨‍🍳 Instructions

Combine cream and buttermilk in a glass jar.

Cover tightly with cheesecloth (or any breathable material) and let sit at room temperature (70 to 75 degrees F (21 to 24 degrees C)) for 24 hours.

Stir, screw on lid, and refrigerate for 24 hours before using.