Be careful. Too much clotted cream and you'll have clotted arteries.

Fresh Market has it??? Cool! I am buying some tomorrow and making orange scones!
While this Florida weather remains cool and damp, sort of like England if I reeeeally use my imagination!

One(of the many) of the reasons I return to London as often as possible, is the clotted cream at Harrod's! Big bowls of the stuff yummm....I get bunches and buy scones, and all is right with the world! :-D I can't find it here, Patrick, I will have to wait for Fresh Market in FT Myers to open, or pop on down to Naples!

Judyrem, it wasn't Fresh Market where I buy it. It's my favorite Naples market, Wynn's. I see that obxgirl found it at Fresh Market, but I couldn't find it at ours.

Patrick. I will have to pop on down to Wynn's then. Thanks for the info. Harry's in Atlanta (really Alpharetta) used to have it. God, I miss Harry's :-( Judy

judy, I posted an url above where you can buy it on line!

Thanks cigale, I will look it up!

Pipsil, I'm guessing that recipe will not work with Homogenized whole milk, and most American milk is homogenized. I've never seen homogenized milk separate before it's totally spoiled, no matter how much you heat/cool it.

I feel like I have seen it at Wild Oats.

Best wishes,

Rex

Ryn 2691, I don't have a clue but you are probably quite right re homogenized and /or pasteurized milk especially as this is a very old recipe and no one thought of doing anything to milk except use it as it came out of the cow.

To approximate creme fraiche - from Jules Bond's 'The French Cuisine I Love', Leon Amiel, NY, 1977:

"To each cup of heavy cream add one tablespoon of buttermilk. Blend, heat in a saucepan until lukewarm, about 85 degrees (29C - NC). Pour it into a glass or porcelain container and let it stand at room temperature until the mixture thickens, which can take anywhere from 8 to 36 hours, depending on the room temperature. Then store in refrigerator. Creme fraiche will keep for a week or more."

Thanks for the great information! A friend tried to make it with "store-bought" milk and said it didn't work. I'm in the Midwest and specialty shops are few and far between, but certainly not impossible. I'll keep looking and check out various venues on the web. Thanks again, this proves how great this site is when one is looking for help!

hello DIAblo,
i live in england and i find it difficult to find clotted cream, the nearest i've come to an alternative is to mix single cream with mascaponi, play around with the ratio until you get a good result.
regards
brianp3987

It's been almost nine years since the original post. Hopefully the OP has found an answer by now. :-)

Lee Ann

live in england and i find it difficult to find clotted cream, the nearest i've come to an alternative is to mix single cream with mascaponi, play around with the ratio until you get a good result.>>

really Brian? I know that I am at an advantage living in Cornwall where we make some of the best clotted cream, but I understood that it's available country -wide now especially this time of year.

sometimes I can just about understand how an old thread might be resurrected

but this is frankly bizarre

in a perverse way, it deserves a prize....

all this when you can walk into the Whole Foods and get it, too.

well, as the board member who lives closest to the seat of production, [unless you know different] i think I may be allowed a comment.

and it was Brian what started it!

Brian! They sell it in Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Waitrose AND Morrisons. Don't tell me you don't live near one of those!

Our Kroger's occasionally carries it in the International Foods section. I've seen British gift shops and Indian grocery stores that carry it. Even Irish gift shops occasionally. Are there any like that near you?