Elle & Vire cooking cream, crème cuisson, in a 1 litre carton from the Professionnel range, for pasta sauces, gratins, soups and pan sauces.
A tall carton with an orange gingham top and an orange screw cap, the red Elle & Vire script beside a blue Eiffel Tower, cooking cream in blue and crème cuisson in red, a round badge for produced in France, and a plate of creamy tagliatelle with a cherry tomato. The base gives 1020 g, 1 L. The brand artwork adds the word Professionnel, marking the range made for chefs. As general background, cream is often sold in grades defined by its butterfat content, and it has many culinary uses in both sweet and savoury dishes. A cooking cream like this is typically chosen for hot sauces that simmer and reduce. The gallery shows a bowl of creamy pasta with broccoli, carrot and tomato, and a seared chicken breast under a thyme-flecked cream sauce. Commonly, chefs pour it into pans after sautéing garlic, mushrooms or onions, reduce it for alfredo-style and pepper sauces, stir it into soups and curries, bake it over sliced potatoes for gratins, and enrich mashed potato and quiche fillings. Shake the carton before opening. Once opened, keep it chilled with the cap closed and use within the time printed on the pack.
