Title: How to Make Easy Homemade Buttermilk, Sour Cream, & Crème Fraîche « Food Hacks :: WonderHowTo
Headings: Make Easy Homemade Buttermilk, Sour Cream, & Crème Fraîche
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Make Easy Homemade Buttermilk, Sour Cream, & Crème Fraîche
How to Make Homemade Buttermilk
How to Make Homemade Sour Cream
How to Make Homemade Crème Fraîche
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Content: Here's how to make your own buttermilk, sour cream and crème fraîche. How to Make Homemade Buttermilk
You'll need buttermilk to make both sour cream and crème fraîche, so we'll start there. Buttermilk is just plain, regular milk with an acidic ingredient added to make it ferment. To make it at home, add one tablespoon of lemon juice or white vinegar for each cup of milk and let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes. When it's slightly thickened, it's ready to use. It won't be quite as thick or tangy as the store-bought kind, but it makes a perfectly fine substitute. How to Make Homemade Sour Cream
To make sour cream, you just need buttermilk and heavy cream or half and half. Heavy cream will result in a thicker sour cream, so choose based on the texture you're looking for. Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of buttermilk per cup of heavy cream or half and half and let it sit at room temperature for 1 to 2 days. Don't worry about the cream going bad—the acid in the buttermilk protects against bacteria.