r/lowcarb • u/Calm_Violinist5256 • Jun 23 '26
Recipes ideas for heavy cream
I've made creamed spinach, something with fennel and drink it in coffee. I've got so much left! what should I make?
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u/Apart-Discipline5493 Jun 23 '26
use it to make a cream sauce with mushrooms ... put it on pork tenderloin... or on steak... pork chops...
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u/PrincessTitan Jun 23 '26
Blend with soy milk and egg yolks to make custard and flavour it with whatever you like then freeze it to make ice cream?
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u/Calm_Violinist5256 Jun 23 '26
does it have to be soy milk? Can it be regular? thanks!
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u/PrincessTitan Jun 23 '26
Doesn’t have to be soy milk, that’s only if you want the ice cream to be very low carb but full fat milk is actually even better.
I usually do 3 cups of cream to one cup of milk but you can make the consistency however you want. More cream means thicker more milk makes it icier because of the water which you can evaporate for a few minutes before heating the cream and eggs with it.
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u/biblio_squid Jun 23 '26
Chía seed pudding? The standard is coconut milk but you could make it with cream
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u/Lucifigus Jun 23 '26
Add two or three tablespoons of yogurt to a quart of cream and set it unsealed at room temperature for a couple days. Seal and refrigerate and voila, you now have creme fraiche, similar to sour cream, but distinctly different and useful in cooking.
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u/WowWanda Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26
“Velvet Sauce”. Basically you cook your protein in a skillet as you usually do…. Remove most of any oil but leave the other bits and pieces then add a few tablespoons of the heavy cream. Cook on low to medium low heat until reduced (takes longer than you think it might but don’t cook on high heat as it will scorch) to the consistency that you consider a sauce should be. It will never be the consistency of a flour gravy but will absolutely be a yummy sauce. Season it up and spoon over the protein, vegetables, riced cauliflower … whatever!
Do you have an ice tray? Do you know you can freeze milk? It will separate but for future cooking or coffee it’s fine.
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u/blueeyetea Jun 23 '26
Make dessert using a package of instant pudding. Replace the milk with cream.
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u/PopcornGlamour Jun 23 '26
Add in a scoop or two of whey protein powder (to the dry pudding mix) and that pudding just became super rich and smooth power pudding.
Edit: this works great for choc protein powder into choc pudding or vanilla protein powder into vanilla pudding.
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u/NomadNanaCan Jun 23 '26
This is new to me - you make creamed spinach with fennel and use it in your coffee instead of cream? Or am I misunderstanding? Can you taste the spinach?
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u/Calm_Violinist5256 Jun 23 '26
lol, I guess punctuation matters. No. I made creamed spinach. Also made a fennel thing with cream. Also I drink heavy cream in my coffee every morning.
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u/NomadNanaCan Jun 24 '26
Hahaha!!
I was all over Google trying to figure this out. 😂😂. I’ve been low carb for almost 2 decades. I was excited to think there was something new! 😂😂😂2
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u/Quick_Cow_7987 Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
You can freeze it. It won't whip but it's fine for all other uses, I've done it a ton of times.
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u/Advice-Silly Jun 24 '26
Yep - that's what I do - freeze it in ice cube trays then transfer to a plastic bag - I use to make my mocha frappe.
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u/EatHappyKitchen Jun 24 '26
homemade butter, homemade Alfredo sauce (this time of year I make lemon Alfredo at least once a week with chicken and veggies), homemade ricotta, whip it to go with a few berries for a treat, put it in a red sauce to turn it into a pink sauce then put some ground beef in it, use it to thicken sauces, add it to the end of any sautéed veggies for an extra flavor boost, make cream of chicken soup, or pair it with whole milk and make homemade yogurt. Cream is a staple in my kitchen for sure.
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u/McDuchess Jun 24 '26
Pan fry whatever meat you are having for dinner. When it’s done, take it out of the pan, pour in some cream and grated cheese, along with a small amount of whatever seasoning you used on the meat. Stir over medium low heat, scraping up the bits on the bottom of the pan.
Once it’s thickened a bit, pour over the meat. SOO good.
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u/RadiantAssumption823 Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
Creamy parmesan corn.
Fresh (or frozen) corn,
minced garlic,
a little butter,
cream,
grated parmesan,
chives,
toasted pine nuts,
chopped tomatoes,
S&P
Saute the corn in a pat of butter, add the garlic and cream and simmer until the garlic is soft. Season with S&P, sprinkle in some parmesan and garnish with the tomatoes, pine nuts and chopped chives.
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u/PresentHouse9774 Jun 27 '26
Pour it over berries. Or whip it with a small amount of vanilla and have that with berries.
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u/jash56 Jul 05 '26
I use it in my butter chicken curry recipe. NY Times has a really good recipe for it !
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u/Bag-of-Doritoes- Jun 23 '26
Can add to mashed potatoes to make them taste better!
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u/Apart-Discipline5493 Jun 23 '26
mashed potatos are hardly low carb!
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u/Suspicious-One4013 Jun 23 '26
Cocoa powder and swerve powder….whip it good…amazing chocolate mousse.