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
Keywords for this recipe:
1 
herbs of your choice
½ 
200 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 200 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 |
| 640 Kcal or 2,680 Kj | 7 gr | 18 gr | 60 gr |
| 32 % | 3 % | 2 % | 9 % |
| 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 250 g : 0.99 €
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: Elsa's Comtoise galette, "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, Alpine gratin, Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , Pasta with green asparagus, ... All |
 | Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Green hummus, Leek and celery soup, Beurre blanc sauce, Tomato sauce (for pizzas), Zucchini and tomato remoulade, ... All |
 | Lemon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Caesar salad, Surprise eggs, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Lemon tart, Arlesian Biscuits, ... All |
 | Salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: French-style peas, Bacon rolls, Shallot confit tart, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Olive and pesto bread, ... All |
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