Do people eat clotted cream AND butter at the same time?
In The Hobbit, Gandalf is described as eating loaves with clotted cream, butter, and honey. I'm familiar with clotted cream, but I always eat it with jam - clotted cream PLUS butter seems excessive. Do people frequently eat these things together?
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It's really a matter of preference. Some people like the salty dimension that butter gives along with clotted cream and jam, others think the cream is enough saturated fat to be going on with.
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What do you eat clotted cream with?
The ubiquitous accompaniment for clotted cream is a scone, along with some jam, but the British specialty is also delicious with muffins and quick bread. Contemporary cooks have also incorporated clotted cream into recipes like fudge, ice cream, and chocolate truffles.Does clotted cream taste like butter?
Clotted cream has a unique taste, often described as being similar to a high-quality unsalted butter. It can also have nutty notes from the milk's long cooking time. When it comes to texture, clotted cream could be compared to softened cream cheese, with the richness falling somewhere between butter and whipped cream.What is clotted cream called in America?
In the U.S., clotted cream would technically classify as butter because of its wonderfully high fat content -- to be considered clotted cream it has to meet the minimum fat content of 55 percent though more commonly rests along the rich number of 64 percent.Do you eat the crust on clotted cream?
The crust is an essential part of clotted cream and it gives it it's uniqueness over other cream so any good clotted cream should have a nice thick layer of crust.CLOTTED CREAM Recipe Cornish Clotted Cream - HOW TO MAKE Clotted Cream
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