Cream and herb dressing
A quick and easy recipe for a cream and herb dressing to go with all kinds of dishes, from simple jacket potatoes to fish.
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Last modified on: June 12th 2022
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½ 
herbs of your choice
¼ 
100 g 
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Start to finish |
|---|---|
| 13 min. | 13 min. |
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
Stage 2 - 1 min.
Put 100 g cream into a large bowl. Try to use really thick cream if you can get it.
Stage 3 - 1 min.
Add the chopped herbs and shallot to the cream with the lemon zest, salt and pepper. Mix together.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
Finish with a squeeze of lemon juice then check the seasoning.
Stage 5
Your cream and herb dressing is ready. Keep refrigerated until use.
Remarks
The more different herbs you use, the more interesting your dressing will taste, so why not try chervil, tarragon, thyme, etc.?
Using lime instead of lemon is also a twist well worth trying.
For a lighter version, use beaten cottage cheese instead of cream.
Using lime instead of lemon is also a twist well worth trying.
For a lighter version, use beaten cottage cheese instead of cream.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 320 Kcal or 1,340 Kj | 3 gr | 9 gr | 30 gr |
| 16 % | 1 % | 1 % | 5 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 221 Kcal or 925 Kj | 2 gr | 6 gr | 21 gr |
| 11 % | 1 % | 1 % | 3 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 125 g : 0.49 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Escalope of veal in a cream sauce, Baker's chicken and potato tart, Gratin of beet tops and potatoes, Courgettes (zuchinis) , Caesar salad, ... All |
 | Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rémoulette of celeriac, Warm broccoli and Tuna Salad, Tomato omelette, Stuffed mushrooms au gratin, Gratin-style spinach and chicken omelette , ... All |
 | Lemon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Express sauerkraut, Endives , Panettone, Purple Pesto, Sausage mushroom and cheese crumble, ... All |
 | Salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Leek and fresh tuna tart, "Buttonhole" quail eggs, Scallop and leek pancakes, Green asparagus omelette, Toasted-flour biscuits, ... All |
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