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Homemade crema

Cream, a spoon of sour cream or buttermilk, salt, an hour on the counter. Thinner than sour cream, tangier than cream.

10 min · In the morning, or an hour before the bowls.

Ingredients

• heavy cream1 cup
• sour cream or buttermilk2 tbsp
• kosher salt1/2 tsp
• lime, optional1/2

Method

1. 1

   Stir cream, sour cream, salt. Counter 1 hour until it thickens slightly.

2. 2

   Lime if you want. Fridge after that.

3. 3

   Sour cream thinned with lime is the 2-minute stand-in. Call it that.