Creme fraiche alternative?

sleepyescapade

I want to make this tomorrow evening http://www.donalskehan.com/2011/09/raspberry-goddess-pie/ and my local store doesn't have creme fraiche. What would be an easy substitute? Cream cheese?

Thanks

Edit: I am in the U.S.

Cardinal Richelieu

Whisk an equal amount of sour cream and normal cream together. Use it straight away or leave it to sit at room temp for a couple of hours to allow it to thicken and sour more.

the beer revolu

Natural Greek style yogurt.

stick girl

Sour cream will be just fine

the beer revolu

Sour cream is creme fraiche?

Brian?

the beer revolu wrote: »

Sour cream is creme fraiche.

Trust me it's not. Sour cream is thicker than creme fraiche. I tried substituting sour cream for creme fraiche in a recipe before and it was a disaster, it just doesn't melt the same when when cooked.

A quick wikipedia tells me that sour cream has 18 to 20% butterfat where as creme fraiche is higher at 28%. It is actually less "soured" than normal sour cream.

I'd go with yoghurt instead.

OP, what part of the US are you in? If you can get creme mexicana it's very similar to creme fraiche.

Rasmus

As it's originally from a Swedish recipe, you'd be fine with sour cream - just beat it with a little single cream to counteract any overt tartness in the sour cream. OR add the sour cream bit by bit into single cream, until you have your desired consistency to resemble creme fraiche.
SC sometimes curdles when cooking, but with 2 stints of 15 mins in the oven, I don't think it will be a problem.

sleepyescapade

Thanks guys! I'm in Seattle.

I did end up using greek yogurt, it turned out okish for my first attempt!