crème

Examples

• All

• Dave might come home to find that I've turned into a Rocket or a chocolate-crème cookie.

  Blog text (13)

• I would love to know a good recipe for crème brûlée.

  Blog text (21)

• Even with the cooking crème, it came out fantastic!

  Blog text (20)

• "More crème fraîche, a touch more black pepper.

  Fiction book (1995)

• It's Potage Crème de Cresson.

  She-Devil (1989)

• Small strawberries came with crème fraîche.

  Fiction book (1994)

• People surely do love our deep-fried crème donuts.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Lunch will be lobster thermidor with a porcini and crème fraîche risotto.

  Magic Camp (2020)

• To enhance the dessert, add a generous dollop of crème on top of the berries.

• The chef recommended using crème fraîche for a richer flavor in the pasta sauce.

Synonyms

C

cream

vscrème

864 1.0

Thick, fatty part of milk used in cooking and on food

is the same part but used especially as a topping

W

whipping cream

vscrème

• US

5 2.0

Cream with a lot of fat that you beat to make a light thick foam

is the general milk fat used for cooking or topping rather than for whipping

Antonyms

S

skimmed milk

• UK

1 1.4

Milk with most cream removed so it has little fat

Compounds

C

crème brûlée

11 7.0

A rich baked custard with a hard sugar top

C

crème anglaise

1 8.4

A thin sweet sauce made from eggs and milk, flavored with vanilla and served with desserts

T

triple crème

• UK

9.2

A very rich soft French cheese that is extra creamy

How Rich

clotted cream

• UK

1 3.4

double cream

• UK

1 3.0

crème

3 2.7

single cream

• UK

2.7

whole milk

11 1.0

low-fat milk

3 1.0

skimmed milk

• UK

1 1.4

Surface Forms

Etymology