heavy cream
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Meanwhile, combine the ricotta, heavy cream, confectioners’ sugar, citrus zest, vanilla and salt in a food processor.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
In lieu of heavy cream, I added a few tablespoons of butter along with the milk.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2025
Where a recipe calls for cream, it is heavy cream.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
What’s next, Doncic was a fat, lazy, beer-drinking, hookah smoker feasting on a 77-ounce New York strip steak with a side of the Slovenian specialty of sliced potatoes layered with cheese and heavy cream?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025
I tasted the heavy cream and I thought: Ugh, this must be how milk tastes in America!
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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