Strawberries With Swedish Cream

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Here’s a perfect summer recipe from “How to Cook Everything” for berries with Swedish cream — a mixture of sour and fresh cream, is akin to crème fraîche, but quicker to make (and certainly with easier-to-find ingredients). Make this with any berries you like.

by Mark Bittman

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Easy, Quick, Dessert

Servings

(4–6)

Total time

10 min

Calories / serving

225 kcal

Ingredients (5)

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1 cup heavy creamheavy-cream
1/2 cup sour creamsour-cream
Sugar or honey to tastehoney
1 tablespoon any liqueur, like Cointreau or amaretto (optional)liqueur
1 quart strawberries, washed, hulled, and halved or quartered, if necessarystrawberry

Instructions (2 steps)

01Whip the sweet cream until it holds soft peaks, then fold it into the sour cream; add sugar to taste and liqueur if you like.
02Put the berries in four to six bowls or stemmed glasses and top with the cream. If desired, garnish with a leaf of fresh mint.

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