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Whipping cream vs half and half
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Please excuse a question from a painfully amateur cook...
What is the difference between whipping cream and half and half? When a recipe calls for "heavy cream" which do I use? I used the whipping cream for my recipe tonight and am hoping it's not too fluffy... ??
Posted at 7:46PM, 4 September 2007 PDT
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Heavy cream/whipping cream are generally interchangeable for most cooking recipes.
However, half and half is a mixture of half whole milk and half heavy cream and it doesn't whip.
Posted 58 months ago.
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The difference is the amount of fat. The following is from Wikipedia
Half and half (10.5–18% fat)
Light, coffee, or table cream (18–30% fat)
Medium cream (25% fat)
Whipping or light whipping cream (30–36% fat)
Heavy whipping cream (36% or more)
Extra-heavy or manufacturer's cream (38–40% or more)
You can use either heavy or light whipping cream to make whipped cream.
Posted 58 months ago.
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Only exception here: Heavy cream is too heavy for ice cream. You'd end up with butter in your ice cream if you loaded that in an ice cream maker :-)
I've used whipping cream in most recipes that calls for heavy cream. Most people cannot notice the difference. In situations like chowder, or a white sauce, I just use more roux or a little bit of corn starch to thicken the mixture.
Posted 58 months ago.
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You are correct about not using all heavy cream for ice cream. I just made some this weekend. The recipe called for half whole milk and half heavy cream. It came out like a super-premium ice cream and had enough body that you could almost chew it.
Posted 58 months ago.
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Thanks everyone! I ended up using some heavy whipping cream and made this
It was soooo good!
Posted 58 months ago.
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Looks fantastic :)
Posted 58 months ago.
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