With care, sour cream may be used as a sauce thickener
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Updated on 06/26/19
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Sour Cream Tips and Hints
• Although sealed sour cream may be stored up to two weeks beyond the sell-by date, it will lose flavor as it ages.
• Sour cream should always be kept refrigerated.
• Do not use the carton as a serving container. Remove what you need and return the carton to the refrigerator immediately.
• You may notice some liquid separation in sour cream after opening. You can either pour off the liquid or stir it back in.
• Pink or green scum is an indicator of spoilage. Toss it out.
• Before adding to any hot liquid, bring sour cream to room temperature.
• Add 1 tablespoon of flour to 1/2 cup of sour cream used as a thickener to discourage curdling.
• Sour cream is does not freeze well because it separates when thawed.
Sour Cream Recipes
• Apple Mashed Potatoes
•Bacon Cheddar Twice-Baked Potatoes Recipe
•Banana Cake with Cinnamon Glaze
•Banana Rum Puffs
•Banana Zucchini Bread
•Beef Fajitas (Grilled Marinated Skirt Steak)
•Blue Cheese Buttermilk Creamy Dressing
•Blue Cheese Potato Cakes
•Bourbon Nut Bread
•Cabbage and Pineapple Salad
•Caviar and Cheese Stuffed Snow Peas
•Caviar Eggs
•Caviar Cream Pie
•Caviar Mold
•Chicken Stroganoff
•Chilled Blueberry Soup
•Chilled Strawberry and Burgundy Soup
•Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheese Bars
•Classic Yellow Cake
•Coffee Sour Cream Mold (Diet)
• Company Mashed Potatoes
•Cranberry Orange Pound Cake
•Cream Cheese Mocha Cake
•Creamy Caviar Spread
•Creamy Tarragon Sauce
•Czech Poppy Seed Cookies
•Double-Decker Club Sandwiches
•East Norwalk Coleslaw
• Garden Squid Chowder
•Green Bean Chowder
•Ham Wraps
•Haricots Verts (Green Beans) and Horseradish Salad
•Hash Brown Potato Casserole
•Herbed Oxtail Terrine
•Hidden Treasure Strawberry Salad
•Homemade Sour Cream
•Hungarian Gulash
•Individual Mushroom Casseroles (Zhulyen)
•Lemon Grand Marnier® Tart
•Lobster with Nutmeg Vinaigrette and Chestnut Puree
•Lobster Orleans
•Mandarin Orange Cheesecake
•Mardi Gras King Cake
•Mixed Fruit Vanilla Cake
•Mock Mashed Potatoes (Cauliflower)
•Mock Sour Cream
•Mock Sour Cream Topping - Vegetarian
•Molasses Cake
•Molasses Mashed Sweet Potatoes
•Monte Cristo Sandwiches
•Mozzarella Dip
•Nutmeg Raisin Coffee Cake
•Ooey Gooey Rolls
•Orange Marmalade Cream Cheese Pie
•Orange-Rosemary Mayonnaise
•Orange Tarragon Mayonnaise
•Papaya Raisin Muffins or Bread
•Paprikash Potatoes
•Peanut Butter Cup Brownies
•Pork Loin Steaks with Mushroom Stroganoff Sauce
•Quick Blini
•Ravioli Stroganoff
•Roasted Garlic and Almond Spread
•Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
•Roast Tenderloin of Beef Smitane
• Rosemary Mashed Potatoes
•Russian Cream with Strawberries Romanoff
•Russian Mayonnaise
•Salmon Bread Pudding
•Salmon & Shiitake Hash
•Same Day Beet Relish
•Sardine and Apple Salad
•Shrimp Garden Pasta Salad
•Sour Cream Sauce for Lox
•Spiced Triple Chocolate Cake
•Spicy Halloween Ginger Cake
•Spider's Nest Dip
• Spinach Mashed Potatoes
•Strawberry Grand Marnier Cheesecake Dip
•Strawberry Sour Cream Shortcake
•Summer Beet Salad
•Super Bowl Beef and Cheese Stuffed Bread
•Tender Flaky Sour Cream Pie Crust
•Turkey-Pomegranate Salad
•White Chocolate Blueberry Buckle
•Yam Streusel Coffee Cake
•Yukon Gold and Leek Soup
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