![]() ![]() You can also use half-and-half for ice cream recipes that call for equal parts of whole milk and heavy cream because essentially, half-and-half is a combination of the two. Keep in mind that, depending on which one you choose, your recipe may be richer or a little less so. Low stakes examples are mashed potatoes, chicken pot pie, macaroni and cheese, and bread pudding. Most of the time you can use half-and-half in a recipe that calls for heavy cream, and vice versa. Heavy cream may also be labeled as heavy whipping cream different names, same product! ![]() It, too, is either pasteurized or ultra-pasteurized, and may be homogenized, according to the FDA. Heavy cream is a high-fat cream that contains at least 36% fat. It is pasteurized or ultra-pasteurized, and may be homogenized." According to my bedtime reading aka the FDA's Code of Federal Regulations, "Half-and-half is the food consisting of a mixture of cream and milk which contains not less than 10.5% but less than 18% milkfat. To understand how to cook and bake with half-and-half, it's important to understand exactly what it is. We know they're not the same, but what really is the difference between heavy cream and half-and-half? Half-and-half will never turn into whipped cream and no amount of churning will turn it into butter. Where heavy cream is too rich, half-and-half is there. That's where half-and-half comes into play. ![]() Sometimes your high fat content is just too thick and luscious to be used as a coffee creamer or an ingredient for pudding pie. We love you heavy cream, but you don't always do what we need. This story first appeared on Food52, an online community that gives you everything you need for a happier kitchen and home – that means tested recipes, a shop full of beautiful products, a cooking hotline, and everything in between! ![]()
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