Recipes With Heavy Cream
Got heavy cream on hand? Here are 48 recipes you can make with it, ranked by how few extra ingredients they need — the simplest matches come first.
Gratin Dauphinois
Side · French
Eclairs
Vegetarian
Rye Bread Layer Cake
Vegetarian
Fairy Cakes
Vegetarian
Profiteroles
Dessert · French
Crema Catalana
Dessert · Spanish
Creamed Spinach
Vegetarian
White chocolate creme brulee
Dessert · French
Key Lime Pie
Dessert · United States
Sukuma Wiki
Vegetarian · Kenyan
Macarons
Dessert · French
Bread and Butter Pudding
Dessert · British
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Chicken
Banoffee Pie
Vegetarian
Ham hock colcannon
Pork · Irish
Green Tea and Berry Pavlovas
Vegetarian
Quiche Lorraine
Pork · French
Eton Mess
Dessert · British
Fennel Dauphinoise
Side · French
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Dessert · British
Lamingtons
Dessert · Australian
Churros
Dessert · Spanish
Chocolate churros with chocolate & salted caramel sauce
Dessert · Spanish
Polish chocolate & walnut cake
Dessert · Polish
Piernik (Polish gingerbread)
Dessert · Polish
Potato Castle
Vegetarian
Hazelnut Torte
Vegetarian
Torrijas with sherry
Breakfast · Spanish
Chicken Ham and Leek Pie
Chicken · British
Sticky Toffee Pudding Ultimate
Dessert · British
Chocolate Souffle
Dessert · French
Three-cheese souffles
Miscellaneous · French
Clam chowder
Starter · United States
Blackberry Fool
Dessert · British
Pistachio cake
Dessert · Polish
Welsh Rarebit
Vegetarian
Peanut Butter Cheesecake
Dessert · United States
Polish doughnuts (Pączki)
Dessert · Polish
White Chocolate Cheesecake
Vegetarian
Salmon Spaghetti
Seafood
Trifle
Vegetarian
Salted Caramel Cheescake
Dessert · United States
Black Forest Cake
Vegetarian
Prawn & Fennel Bisque
Side · French
Nanaimo Bars
Dessert · Canadian
Christmas Pudding Trifle
Dessert · British
Fish pie
Seafood · British
Chicken Parmentier
Chicken · French
Pairs well with
Butter Eggs Milk Sugar Flour Powdered Sugar Vanilla Plain Chocolate
Storing & using Heavy Cream
Keep refrigerated and check the use-by date — eggs are best used within a few weeks, most dairy within a week of opening. Out of Heavy Cream? half-and-half is a common swap (1:1).
Heavy Cream recipe FAQs
What can I make with just heavy cream?
Start with the simplest recipes above — most lean on butter or a few everyday staples alongside it.
What goes well with heavy cream?
Butter, Eggs, Milk, Sugar, Flour are the most common pairings in our recipes.
How do I find recipes for heavy cream plus what else I have?
Use Cook with what you have (/pantry/) — add heavy cream plus anything else in your kitchen, and recipes rank by how many you already own.