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It should come as no surprise that I like to end my days with something sweet. And this sweet thing usually goes through phases. Last month it was microwave mug cakes--scant spoonfuls of flour, sugar, and spice whisked with an egg and zapped just long enough to produce a tiny hot, spongy little cake. The weeks before that, I was into homemade dark chocolate bark studded with bits of cracked espresso beans. (Delicious, but an unwise evening snack as it usually left me up all night thinking up projects.) Now, with sunny warm days upon us, it's berries. Strawberries, in particular, washed in cold water and served alongside a bowl of tangy crème fraîche and crunchy, toasty coconut palm sugar. It's the sort of treat that seems and tastes gloriously indulgent, and yet is not something that would be out of place on the breakfast table. I rediscovered my love for creme friache just a few weeks ago when I attended a reception hosted by the folks at Vermont Creamery. For dessert, they served rich flourless chocolate cakes topped with a cloud of the silky sour cream, and I was blown away by how perfectly it worked to balance out the sweetness of the rich cake. The flavor, if you've never tried it, is a bit of a cross between mascarpone and sour cream. It's got the cultured tang you might know from yogurt or buttermilk, but there is also a very lovely sweetness like that you get from good heavy cream. And the texture is thick and a bit gooey, like marshmallow fluff. When my gifted container finished, I bought another and then a third, and then this weekend I was dismayed to find that the container was nearly empty yet again. I wanted to serve it along with dessert at the Mother's Day lunch I was preparing for my mom and mother-in-law, but I didn't have time to buy more. That's when I remembered a long ago article that mentioned how incredibly easy it is to make creme fraiche at home. I got online and found that it really was easy. As easy as whisking together good heavy cream and a few tablespoons of buttermilk or yogurt or even just some storebought creme fraiche. I happened to have a small unopened bottle of Ronnybrook cream (the best around here), so I poured it into a bowl and stirred in equal parts Greek yogurt and what was left of my Vermont Creamery container. I covered the bowl with a piece of the plastic (poking in a few holes to allow air to travel), and left it on top of the stove overnight. By Sunday morning, the bowl of cream had turned thick and silky. I was so excited that I brought it into the bedroom where Eugene was still sleeping. "Look at this! I made creme fraiche!" I exclaimed. "That's nice," he mumbled, then rolled over back to sleep. I left the room hugging my bowl then placed it in the fridge to chill and thicken a bit more. I served my homemade creme fraiche to the moms along with fresh strawberries, blackberries, and coconut palm sugar. They loved it. The bowl is nearly empty again, and I think I just may have to make another batch. This is definitely a dangerous skill to have acquired... **** Love Always Order Dessert? Let's connect! Follow me on Twitter or Pinterest, become a fan on Facebook, or sign up to receive my once-a-week e-mail updates. And if you ever need any entertaining or cooking advice, please don't hesitate to e-mail me. Thanks for reading! Homemade Creme Fraiche Recipe Ingredients 2 cups good quality heavy cream (not ultra-pasteurized) 1/3 cup buttermilk, yogurt, or creme fraiche (or a combination of these adding up to 1/3 cup) Directions Whisk the heavy cream and buttermilk together in a glass bowl. Cover with plastic wrap that's been poked several times to allow air to pass. (You can also use cheesecloth.) Leave at warm room temperature for 12 to 24 hours, or until the cream has thickened into the texture of loose whipped cream. Give it another stir, cover tightly with a new piece of plastic wrap, and place in refrigerator for at least 8 hours. It will thicken and set completely. You can now serve this with both sweet and savory dishes, or use for cooking. (Just as you would use sour cream or store-bought creme fraiche). You can also sweeten or flavor the creme fraiche after it's ready--some good additions are lemon or orange zest, vanilla beans, dried herbs, or sugar. Keeps well 1 week to 10 days when stored in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator.
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16 Fiches de production d’écrits niveau CP Voir le nouveau 📌 fichier de production d'écrits CP/CE1 Puisque souvent en début de CP il est difficile de trouver des idées de production d'écrits, j'ai regroupé dans un même fichier quelques activités qui peuvent être faites en début de CP, mais j'utilise beaucoup les albums pour la production d'écrit (comme Monsieur lapin, Bonne nuit ou mon animalversaire et autres...) J'utilise aussi pour la production d'écrit le livret des mots et l'ancien livret des mots Les fiches n’ont pas d’ordre particulier, mais les 5 premières fiches peuvent être faites dès le début de l’année. Fiches 1, 2 (en rapport avec les textes de la famille Bidule) 3, 4 et 5 Généralement je pars d’une phrase étudiée dans le texte de lecture de début d’année. A partir d’une phrase illustrée, en conservant le verbe on écrit une autre phrase, une première fois avec un dessin à illustrer et des mots utiles. Puis une deuxième phrase est produite, en conservant le même verbe, mais cette fois-ci les enfants l’imaginent soit en fonction du dessin proposé (fiche 1 et 2) soit ils l’imaginent totalement (fiches 3 et 4) et l’illustrent. Bien sûr dans ma classe ils utilisent le livret des mots. Fiches 6 à 9 Différentes productions de poésies à la manière de… avec un travail sur les rimes assez simple pour le début d’année. Fiche 10 Petit travail sur les documents sur les animaux, assez simple, les enfants adorent , ils font le premier document sur cette feuille et d’autres sur leur cahier de PE. Fiche 11 Et là je ressors des vieux exercices que j’ai fait lors de mes premiers CP. le travail oral est indispensable , car en début de CP ils ont du mal à oser être drôles . Une première phrase guidée par un dessin et les mots utiles est proposée afin de mieux comprendre la finalité attendue, puis ils produisent une autre phrase totalement imaginée par eux. Fiche 12 Présentée de la même façon que la fiche 7, elle incite l’imaginaire et le côté farfelu de situations mais avec les métiers. Il s’agit de trouver ce que l’on veut faire comme métier, et de trouver une mauvaise raison un peu drôle, là aussi le travail oral est indispensable. Fiche 13 Après avoir vu quelques menus de la cantine, on ajouter à cela la lecture de la poésie « la colère « de Monique Müller, il s’agit de composer un menu pour bien travailler à l’école, pour être beau…. Fiche 14 Ecrire à la manière de « une souris verte » , une trame de la comptine est conservée. Les enfants ré écrivent la comptine avec un autre personnage auquel ils donneront une couleur. Fiche 15 Transformer une comptine. Ecrire le contraire de la comptine du géant. A l’oral, on fait rechercher les contraires des mots en gras. Fiche 16 Transformer un texte du féminin au masculin. A l’oral on recherche le masculin des mots en gras. Si vous remarquez des erreurs merci de me les signaler. 🐢↓télécharger↓🐢 ~~~ Fichier prod écrits CP niveau 1 ~~~ polices utilisées AR HERMANN, Komika Tread, Komika Boo, Cursive standard et humeur disponibles chez dafont
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