Freezing sour cream???

[whitewolf55]

Not sure where to put this so here goes! I have got my hands on several large containers of sour cream, BUT the experation date is like in 2 days. They were free sooooo, I couldn't turn them down. But I have tried freezing sour cream before and it was awful...has anyone else frozen it with success or does this mean I have to start making cookies and cakes real quick? Thanks!

[Virginia]

I keep sour cream past the use date often. Been told to turn it upside down and it keeps longer. Something about keeping the air out better. It is sour, after all.

[Cricket]

Make stroganoff or paprikash for dinner! Sour cream gravies over noodles are to die for.

[whitewolf55]

Oh thanks Virginia! I had forgotten all about that trick of storing them upside down. And yea....I use it past it's date.

 

Cricket...yes stroganoff was on my list of meals this week.

 

Thanks!

[Dee]

I used to freeze sour cream all the time. NEVER ate it fresh after freezing. After thawing it was separated so I'd mix it back together with a spoon and use in recipes for cooking

[whitewolf55]

HMMMMMM...that's an idea. It just looked so yucky the one time I froze it, I guess it didn't occur to me to just use it in "cooking"..... I feel a little silly now..... Oh well....thanks for the "mental shake".

[midwest prepper]

All of the whipping cream (liquid-not all ready whipped) containers say not to freeze but has anyone done it? How does it turn out? I like it in my coffee yes I know,but its my only vice.

[Kevin B 123]

I have made SOUR Cream Pasta,

 

Sour Cram many be frozen, BUT is then Good ONLY for use in sauces, Mixes, that will be frozen the flavor enhances slightly that way). In freezing Sour Cream, the whey is driven out, it’s difficult to re-incorporate it, if at all. The altered nature of the Fat in Sour Cream is more or less permanent, the cream WEEPS, and the flavor sharpness in lost, the “body-structure” ( firmness) is lost, you MIGHT be able to use a powerful mixture to re-incorporate the whey, but the firmness will diminish all the more.. Over all frozen sour cream, that has not been first “cooked” losses it viability.

 

Whipping cream, 1/2 & 1/2 HAVE THE SAME DAIRY FAT AS SOUR CREAM, SO THE ALTERED FAT NATURE THING APlIES----- YOU CAN FREEZE THE CREAM, BUT BE PREPAIRED FOR A CARD-BOARD-LIKE FLAVOR!

[Leah]

http://www.ochef.com/719.htm

Freezing Whipping Cream

 

Can you freeze whipping cream and heavy whipping cream?

 

Yes. But then you cannot whip them once they thaw. You can blend them, cook with them, bathe in them, but they will not whip.