heavy cream
noun
: a cream that is markedly thick
especially
: cream that by law contains not less than 36 percent butterfat
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This one-dish breakfast casserole starts with a round of sauteed spinach and mushrooms gilded with heavy cream.
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Scott Hocker, theweek, 7 Mar. 2024
The speakeasy offers more than 10 specialty mixed cocktails, including the thick, rich Strawberries and Cream with cognac, benedictine, strawberry, heavy cream, whole egg, peychauds and herbsaint liqueur.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2024
Add heavy cream and beat on medium-high 1 minute more.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2024
Scalded heavy cream is used to melt the chocolate and create the ganache.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
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Scott Hocker, theweek, 7 Mar. 2024
The speakeasy offers more than 10 specialty mixed cocktails, including the thick, rich Strawberries and Cream with cognac, benedictine, strawberry, heavy cream, whole egg, peychauds and herbsaint liqueur.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2024
Add heavy cream and beat on medium-high 1 minute more.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2024
Scalded heavy cream is used to melt the chocolate and create the ganache.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for heavy cream
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“Heavy cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20cream. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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