Blinis with sour cream and red caviar

Smoked salmon, chive, cream cheese, sour cream and cucumber

Slice of toasted bread with sour cream and pepper

Sour cream is a dairy product rich in fats obtained by fermenting a regular cream by certain kinds of lactic acid bacteria. The bacterial culture, introduced either deliberately or naturally, sours and thickens the cream. Though only mildly sour in taste, the name stems from the production of lactic acid by bacterial fermentation, sometimes referred to as "souring". A blintz, blintze or blin (Russian: блин, блины; Ukrainian: блинці, blyntsi; plural: blintzes, blini, bliny) is a thin pancake. ... For the band of the same name, see Caviar (band). ... Smoked salmon is a preparation of salmon, typically a fillet that has been cured and then hot or cold smoked. ... Binomial name Allium schoenoprasum Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) are a member of the onion family (Alliaceae) grown for their leaves, which are used as an herb. ... Cream cheese is a sweet, soft, mild-tasting, white cheese, defined by the US Department of Agriculture as containing at least 33% milkfat (as marketed) with a moisture content of not more than 55%, and a pH range of 4. ... This article is about the fruit. ... This article is about the food. ... For other uses, see Bread (disambiguation). ... Look up pepper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Dairy products are generally defined as foodstuffs produced from milk. ... For other uses, see FAT. Fats consist of a wide group of compounds that are generally soluble in organic solvents and largely insoluble in water. ... For other uses of Cream, see Cream (disambiguation). ... Species L. acidophilus L. bulgaricus L. plantarum L.reuteri etc. ... A culture of Bacillus anthracis A microbiological culture, or microbial culture, is a method of growing a microbial organism to determine what it is, its abundance in the sample being tested, or both. ...

Sour cream

Sour cream, made out of heavy cream, contains from 16 to 21 percent fat, and gets its characteristic tang from the lactic acid created by the bacteria. Sour cream often contains additional ingredients such as gelatin, rennin, and vegetable enzymes. For the art collective, see Gelitin. ... Rennet (IPA pronunciation: ) is a natural complex of enzymes produced in any mammalian stomach to digest the mothers milk. ... Ribbon diagram of the enzyme TIM, surrounded by the space-filling model of the protein. ...

Light sour cream contains about 40 percent less fat than regular sour cream because it is made from a mixture of milk and cream rather than just cream.

Non-fat sour cream is thickened with stabilizers and thickeners such as corn starch, gelatin, carrageenan, and guar gum. Products made out of cornstarch Cornstarch is the starch of the maize grain, commonly known as corn. ... For the art collective, see Gelitin. ... Carrageenans or carrageenins (pronounced ) are a family of linear sulphated polysaccharides extracted from red seaweeds. ... Guar gum, also called guaran, is primarily the ground endosperm of guar beans. ...

Storage

Sour cream cannot usually be refrigerated in its container for more than a month after the date stamped on the bottom of the container. If any mold forms on the cream's surface, the entire container should be discarded immediately. This article is about the fungi known as molds. ...

Uses

Used primarily in the cuisines of Europe and North America, sour cream is often used as a condiment. It is a traditional topping for baked potatoes, added cold along with chopped fresh chives. It is used as the base for some creamy salad dressings and can also be used in baking, added to the mix for cakes, cookies, American-style biscuits, doughnuts and scones. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... North American redirects here. ... Salt, sugar and pepper are the most essential condiments in Western cuisine. ... For other uses, see Potato (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Allium schoenoprasum Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) are a member of the onion family (Alliaceae) grown for their leaves, which are used as an herb. ... —Cleopatra, in Shakespeares Antony and Cleopatra, 1606 A salad is a food item generally served either prior to or after the main dish as a separate course, as a main course in itself, or as a side dish accompanying the main dish. ... Some examples of baked food. ... For other uses, see Cake (disambiguation). ... This page is about edible cookies. ... For other uses, see Biscuit (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Doughnut (disambiguation). ... Scones with honey. ...

Sour cream can also provide the base for various forms of dip used for dipping potato chips or crackers, such as "onion dip." "Sour cream and onion" is a popular potato chip flavoring evoking the taste of having dipped the chip into such a dip. A Cheez-It cracker. ... For other uses, see Onion (disambiguation). ... For the other potato product referred to as chips see French fried potatoes. ... Flavouring (or flavoring) is a product which is added to food in order to change or augment its taste. ...

In Ukrainian and Russian cuisine, sour cream is often added to borscht and other soups, and is used as a condiment for perogies. In Tex-Mex cuisine, it is often used as a condiment to cool the hot pepper components of tacos, nachos, burritos, taquitos or guacamole^{[citation needed]}. Hungarian cooks use it regularly as an ingredient in sauces and in recipes such as ham-filled crepes. Russian cuisine derives its rich and varied character from the vast and multicultural expanse of Russia. ... Borscht with sour cream. ... Soup is a savoury liquid food that is made by boiling ingredients, such as meat, vegetables and beans in stock or hot water, until the flavor is extracted. ... Salt, sugar and pepper are the most essential condiments in Western cuisine. ... Pierogi are a kind of food also known as perogi, perogy, piroghi, pirogi, piroshki, pirozhki, or pyrohy. ... Tex-Mex is a term for a type of American food which is used primarily in Texas and the Southwestern United States to describe a regional cuisine which blends food products available in the United States and the culinary creations of Mexican-Americans that are influenced by the cuisines of... Compact orange pepper plants in the genus Capsicum. ... The Ars Technica Community Operating System (TACOS) is an imaginary operating system ostensibly created by the members of the popular computer enthusiast web site Ars Technica to represent computing Utopia. ... Nacho redirects here. ... A large burrito. ... One of many brands of taquitos which can be found in the frozen food section of a typical American grocery store. ... Guacamole // Guacamole is an avocado-based relish or dip from the time of the Aztecs. ... For the computer protocol, see SAUCE In cooking, a sauce is a liquid served on or used in the preparation of food. ... Wikibooks Cookbook has more about this subject: Recipes This article discusses culinary recipes. ... This article is about the cut of meat. ... A sweet crêpe opened up, with whipped cream and strawberry sauce on it A sweet crêpe rolled up, ready to be eaten A crêpe is a thin pancake. ...

See also

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Sour cream

• Cream, a more general term.
• Crème fraîche, lightly soured cream.
• Smetana (cream), a heavier and sweeter sour cream.
• Yoghurt, produced with other kinds of Lactobacillus bacteria.
• Fermented milk products for a comparison of sour cream with other fermented milk products.

For other uses of Cream, see Cream (disambiguation). ... Containers of crème fraîche Crème fraîche [IPA: krɛm frɛʃ] (French for fresh cream) is a heavy cream slightly soured with bacterial culture, but not as sour or as thick as sour cream. ... Smetana is a Central and Eastern European variety of sour cream similar to crème fraîche, much heavier and sweeter than the Western European variety. ... Cacık, a Turkish cold appetiser yoghurt variety. ... Fermented milk products, also known as cultured dairy foods, cultured dairy products, or cultured milk products, are dairy foods that have been fermented with lactic acid bacteria such as Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, and Leuconostoc. ...

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