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.
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 % |
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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Courgettes (zuchinis) , Mushroom buckwheat pancakes, Fish Mousselines, "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, Tartiflette, ... All |
 | Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: French bean salad with vinaigrette , Rosemary steamed fish, Filet mignon with asparagus, Cod loin with saffron, Mushroom buckwheat pancakes, ... All |
 | Lemon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Seared tuna with lemon and lime, Lemon and grated apple tart, Chicken pie, Pear compote , Roast cabbage with lemon, ... All |
 | Pepper: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: The total turnip, Blanquette of veal, Curried prawn risotto, Roast potatoes "à la provençale", Sea bass with coriander cream en papillote, ... All |
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