![]() When you clabber milk, the cream naturally rises to the top and sours as well, yielding “sour cream” once skimmed. Clabbered milk is raw milk that is allowed to sour spontaneously and thicken over time. Cover with a regular lid and put in the refrigerator to chill it thoroughly.īy far the easiest method of making sour cream is to clabber milk first. When it’s set up to a thick cream throughout the entire jar, it’s done.There also may be bubbles throughout the cream, showing that a fermentation has taken place. Peel back the top layer of cream to see if it is thick all the way through the jar. Check every 12 hours to see if it’s set up or not.Let the cream culture, or ripen, at room temperature for about 24 to 48 hours.Cover the jar with a cloth napkin or paper towel, and secure with a rubber band.Culture the cream, either by letting raw cream culture spontaneously at room temperature, or by adding a starter culture of your choice to a quart of raw or pasteurized cream.If using raw milk and you haven’t already, skim the cream from the top.Paper towel or cloth napkin, plus rubber band – For covering the cream while it cultures.Glass jars – You will need a pint-sized glass jar for culturing the cream. ![]() Choose a mesophilic cheese culture such as this one, or plain yogurt, dairy kefir, buttermilk, store-bought sour cream with active cultures, or dairy kefir grains. You definitely need to add a starter culture if using pasteurized cream because it contains no beneficial organisms to proliferate and/or protect against spoiling.
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