heavy cream
noun
: a cream that is markedly thick
especially
: cream that by law contains not less than 36 percent butterfat
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Those foods included potatoes, whole eggs, pooled eggs, sausages, milk and heavy cream.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
Many creamed corn recipes rely solely on regular milk or heavy cream to get that signature decadence, however using corn milk straight from the cob creates so much more flavor in the creamed corn and adds a touch of sweetness.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
Push the potatoes through a ricer into a mixing bowl and add the heavy cream and duck fat.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
Make Filling With an electric mixer, beat heavy cream until soft peaks.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 June 2025
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
Many creamed corn recipes rely solely on regular milk or heavy cream to get that signature decadence, however using corn milk straight from the cob creates so much more flavor in the creamed corn and adds a touch of sweetness.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
Push the potatoes through a ricer into a mixing bowl and add the heavy cream and duck fat.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
Make Filling With an electric mixer, beat heavy cream until soft peaks.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for heavy cream
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“Heavy cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20cream. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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