Fruit Salad With Easy Crème Fraiche Food

FRUIT SALAD WITH HONEY-CREME FRAICHE DRESSING

Steps:

• Combine all the fruit in a large bowl.
• Right before serving, gently stir in the creme fraiche and honey.

FRUIT SALAD WITH EASY CRèME FRAICHE

Steps:

• In small saucepan, combine water, sugar, cinnamon, ginger and rosemary. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 3 minutes. Strain syrup into a bowl, discarding cinnamon, ginger and rosemary. Stir in vanilla, let cool.
• In medium bowl, stir together sour cream, brown sugar and salt; stir in whipping cream.
• In serving bowl, gently combine together cooled syrup, blueberries, raspberries, peaches, nectarines and apricots. Serve topped with dollop of crème fraiche.

HONEY VANILLA CRèME FRAîCHE

Steps:

• This can either be thin like a sauce or thick like whipped cream. For the sauce, simply combine all the ingredients with a spoon. To make it thick, place all the ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and mix on high speed for about 60 seconds, or until it is as thick as whipped cream.

MACARONI FRUIT SALAD WITH CREME FRAICHE

Steps:

• Add mango to a blender and squeeze in the juice from the lime. Puree the mixture and pour into a large bowl. Stir in macaroni. Gently fold in strawberries, peaches, and minced mint. Transfer to serving dishes topped with creme fraiche and mint sprigs.

THE HOUSE SALAD

Steps:

• To make the dressing, whisk together the crème fraîche, olive oil, and honey. Add the scallion, vinegar, salt, and pepper and whisk again. Taste and add salt and pepper to taste, or a touch more vinegar if you prefer your dressing on the acidic side.
• Gently pull the lettuce leaves from the head, making sure they are dry. Gently toss the leaves and jicama with the dressing. Assemble in a stack on each of 4 plates, starting with the largest leaves on the bottom to create a base. Garnish each salad with a quarter of the pomegranate seeds and the cheese shavings. Serve immediately.

SUMMER BERRIES WITH LEMON CREME FRAICHE

Steps:

• Place creme fraiche in a medium-size non-reactive bowl. Add sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice and whisk well to combine. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until very cold, 1 hour or longer. (Lemon Creme Fraiche can be prepared 2 days ahead; keep covered and refrigerated.).
• Rinse berries and gently pat dry. If using strawberries, rinse first then hull and halve (or quarter, if large) lengthwise. Place berries in a large bowl and gently toss to combine.
• Divide berries among four wide-mouthed wine glasses, martini glasses or dessert bowls. Drizzle each serving with about 1/4 cup of Lemon Creme.