Sour cream (24% fat)
Schmand is a German sour cream product with a fat content of at least 20%, often 24%. It is thicker and milder than regular sour cream, offering a slightly tangy, fresh note. Schmand is frequently used in cakes, tarts, dips, sauces, and soups to add creaminess and a subtle acidity.
Schmand is frequently combined with eggs, sugar, plain flour, baking powder, and butter in recipes. The sample recipes demonstrate versatile use in baked goods such as Schmandkuchen, Strawberry Cake, and Cherry Schmand Sheet Cake, but also in savoury dishes like Potato Soup and Potato Salad. It provides creaminess and a fresh acidity.
Vegan substitutes
In vegan cooking, Vegan sour cream alternatives (soy/oat-based), cashew cream work well as an alternative to Sour cream (24% fat).
Often combined with
Ingredients that, besides Salt, frequently appear together with Sour cream (24% fat) in public recipes.
Recipes with Sour cream (24% fat)
Recipes featuring Schmand are heavily concentrated in the "Baking" category and for the "Coffee & cakes" occasion, with many cakes and sheet cakes. However, there's also a significant number of savoury dishes like soups, casseroles, and stews, often for lunch. The high number of vegetarian recipes is insightful here, as Schmand is popular in both sweet and savoury vegetarian dishes.
There are 30 public recipes with this ingredient in total.
Recipe statistics Sour cream (24% fat)
Sour cream (24% fat) is used in 45 recipes.