Sour cream is not only an additive, it itself may well be the main ingredient in a simple or complex dish. Use it to make a delicious jelly, a simple but delicious cake, or make a thick dip for crispy chips, vegetables, shrimp, etc.
Sour cream jelly
Ingredients:
- 500 g of 25% sour cream;
- 100 g of white sugar;
- 25 g of gelatin.
- fresh berries or nuts for decoration.
Soak the gelatin in a quarter glass of water for half an hour until it swells, then heat with constant stirring, but do not boil. Leave the mixture to cool. Whisk the sour cream and sugar with a whisk or mixer on medium speed until the loose ingredient is completely dissolved. Slowly add the gelatinous mass to the white cream and stir well. Pour the jelly into bowls or glasses and refrigerate to solidify. Garnish with crushed nuts or whole berries.
Sour cream
Ingredients:
- 600 g of 25% sour cream;
- 3 chicken eggs;
- 250 g flour;
- 2 tbsp. white sugar;
- 1/2 tsp vanilla sugar;
- 2/3 tsp soda;
- vegetable oil;
- 40 g milk chocolate.
Mash eggs with half a serving of sugar until smooth, add 250 g of sour cream, baking soda and vanilla sugar. Add flour in small portions and mix thoroughly with a spatula or spoon so that there are no lumps. Spread vegetable oil on a round baking dish with a cooking brush and pour the dough into it. Bake it at 180oC for 40-50 minutes. Without opening the oven at this time for at least the first half hour, watch what is happening inside through the glass. Check the readiness of the biscuit by piercing it with a toothpick, it should come out completely dry.
Make an airy cream from the remains of sour cream and sugar, beat them with a mixer until fluffy. Cool the biscuit, carefully cut it lengthwise with a sharp knife into two or three circles of equal thickness. Spread a sour cream layer over them, collecting the cake on a round dish with a flat bottom. Sprinkle the top with grated chocolate and refrigerate the dessert for a few hours, preferably overnight.
Sour cream dip
Ingredients:
- 250 g of 20-25% sour cream;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 100 g of any greens (parsley, green onions, dill, basil, cilantro);
- 1/3 tsp ground black pepper;
- salt.
Pepper and salt sour cream. Chop the greens finely, after cutting off the tough stems. Peel the garlic cloves and grate on a fine grater or crush in a special press. Combine all the ingredients in the dish in one bowl and stir. Let the dip sit in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes and serve. Chips, pieces of meat or fish, strips of vegetables, chicken wings or pork ribs, corn tortillas, seafood and other delicious snacks for beer and more go great with it.
