Schmand cream (sour cream)

Schmand cream (sour cream)

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This refreshing and creamy dessert, made with schmand cream, can be served with fruit purees or compotes.

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The cream made with Schmand is an easy dessert to prepare in large quantities. It pairs perfectly with fruit purees or compotes.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time10 min
  • Resting40 min
  • Total1 hr 20 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodrefrigeration
  • Estimated cost$5.74 $0.48 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 14, 2026.

Ingredients

12 people
  • $1.78
  • $0.10
  • $2.43
  • $1.06
  • $0.09
  • $0.28

Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Soak the gelatin in cold water for 10 minutes, then drain it.
  2. Zest the lemon and set aside. Juice the lemon, heat the juice, and dissolve the gelatin in it.
  3. Combine the zest with the sour cream, heavy cream, yogurt, and sugar. ≈ 4 min
  4. First, mix a small amount of this gelatin-based cream, then pour the entire mixture into the other cream while stirring. ≈ 4 min
  5. Let it rest for about half an hour in the refrigerator.
  6. Whip the heavy cream into soft peaks with the vanilla sugar, and gently fold it in. Refrigerate until completely set.

The bill

Schmand cream (sour cream)

  • 450 g of heavy cream$1.78
  • 125 grams of sugar$0.10
  • 500 ml of whipping cream$2.43
  • 9 sheets of gelatin$1.06
  • 2 packets of vanilla sugar$0.09
  • 1 lemon$0.28

Total$5.74

that's $0.48 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 450 g of sour cream (Schmand)
  • 450 g of heavy cream
  • 450 g of yogurt
  • 125 grams of sugar
  • 500 ml of whipping cream
  • 9 sheets of gelatin
  • 2 packets of vanilla sugar
  • 1 lemon

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