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.
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.
Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mushroom velouté, Caesar salad, Lobster Thermidor, Pan-fried salmon with white cabbage, Chocolate cream, ... All |
 | Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cauliflower curry, Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, Rice with spring greens, Panzanella, Smooth mixed vegetable soup, ... All |
 | Lemon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quick bramble jelly, Melt-in-the mouth meat and vegetables in a sealed casserole, Lemon and lime custard tart, Santiago Cake, Little lemon biscuits, ... All |
 | Salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potato and two ham gratin, Celery soup bourguignonne style, Mushroom duxelles, Chilli potato wedges, Fish Mousselines, ... All |
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