Holy crap I made the microwave version while my oven version is taking all day and I am blown away, tastiest thing I've ever eaten. I made a mug biscuit in the microwave for the cream. All I can say is just do it. Just. Do. It.
Years ago I lived in a cottage on a farm in west Cornwall. We had a wood burning Rayburn & a very wide copper pan. We would 3/4 fill it with fresh unpasteurized whole milk from grass fed free range cows. Left on low heat overnight by the morning the top inch would be yellow clotted cream. The rest of the milk still totally useable. The farm is still there & the cottage now a listed building!
I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH! I nearly was in desperate need for clotted cream and only found the tiny expensive jars that were not nearly the taste as I did in London. I did the stovetop version and it was amazing! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I've never had (official) clotted cream, but I tried your technique this morning. I used vanilla and a shot of whiskey. It is amazing!! The texture is unlike anything I've had before. The flavor profile is subtle and pure heaven! Thank you!!
I'm from Bristol, England and I had this all the time as a kid and still make it myself. My mum was born in 1921 and made this reduced method that she learn from her mum don't know why you'd bake it for 12 entire hours but I supposed it would be the ancient way of doing it when there was no coal or gas cooking!
Probably was more practical long ago when they had brick ovens that took hours and hours to cool down after using them for other stuff. It was a set it and forget it method.
@@mahna_mahna Or perhaps from haybox cooking where heated pots of food were packed in a box of insulating hay so they would remain warm overnight (how slow cooking started).
If you use fresh raw milk it needs to sit to separate the cream anyway. If you dump it in a pot overnight the separating and the clotting happen at the same time.
The first time I tried this, I used the stovetop method with butter. But I am using Jersey cream, which likely has a higher butterfat content, and it reduced too far. Turned out solid. I tried again without the butter. Much better result! Thanks for this time-saving recipe.
I don’t know why this was in my recommended. I’ve never had or heard of clotted cream before. And I’ve never watched any of your videos. But just based on this I’ve decided to subscribe. I never knew I needed clotted cream in my life but now I need to have it. Thank you!
I can't tell you how many times this happened to me before! 😂 I personally love it! I love tasting/trying new things! I really like this comment so much, cause I know exactly how you feel! 😆😂❤️👍
i made this. LIFE CHANGING. I had clotted cream for the first time and i cannot believe i made it myself in the microwave. It took NO effort. I cannot thank you enough. Now i cant wait to invite friends and have a cream tea.
I went to England in 1985 and loved it there. I also loved clotted cream with strawberries and scones. I can buy a tiny bottle of it in Canada but it is very expensive. Having farmed and had delicious Jersey cream I thought it would be easy to make but could never find a recipe. So thankyou. I will be making it. 💌🇨🇦🇬🇧
This Canadian is currently enjoying this fabulous treat as it was leftover from this weekend's celebration cream tea...super happy I'll be able to recreate this at home now without the mortgage required for the thimble full offered by Independent!!
I did his method, after pouring into dishes I placed in the countertop oven (toaster oven), to get that brown caramelized crust seen on traditional clouted cream. set at 275 till it got brown and bubbly. Soo good.
Did you compare both methods? i have never really noticed ultra pasteurized being problematic when using an instant pot. I'm intrigued to try this . Typically clotted cream is a bit chunky and this quicker method it seems much creamier in the video.
there is sugar in the dairy (lactose ) it caramelizes, the same thing happends when you brown butter, its way more the milk solids that gives the color and taste not the fat. @@MrsBrit1
i am so fortunate to be able to buy this in icecream tubs, i am so glad we brits have given the world the tastiest tea-time food. i realy appriceate the love this traditional food gets
We either have to make it or buy from the British Import shop, which, where I live, doesn't exist. I enjoy making Dulce de leche but I tend to want to eat it by spoonful and not the healthiest of choices, but so good on dense and chewy homemade artisan bread. Sliced peaches or strawberry jam/fruit spread with clotted cream on scones or baking powder biscuits (not what Brits call biscuits) is delightful
Oh my goodness, your microwave version is amazingly fast and good - who would have thought? I used 80% power - and did it in 3 different dishes. Total time for each batch varied depending on the size of the dish used. I was able to get a beautifully thick clotted cream, as I've always wanted - without hours and hours of work. THANK YOU!
@@MattMaxson To me it tasted great....and the same as the one that's baked for 10 to 12 hours in the oven. I must admit, though, I used it immediately to make clotted cream fudge and not for scones or biscuits. Hope this helps and Merry Christmas.
So, so grateful that you posted this video. I live in Hawaii and almost impossible to even buy clotted cream. With 1 quart of Ultra Pasturized Whipping Cream (Great Value, a Walmart Brand) was able to produce 2+ cups of perfect clotted cream. I Microwaved the cream in 2 cups at a time, cut the time to approximately 13 minutes (3 cycles). Worked for me. Thank you so much. Aloha from Hawaii!
I have made clotted cream the old way in the oven for 12 hours, etc and was never satisfied with the results. The clotted cream was never thick and fluffy like I'd had when I experienced it on my visits to England. Well no more!! The stovetop method was a dream fulfilled. Easy to do and the results were spectacular. I tried the microwave method first but felt it had an odd taste. If you like clotted cream you have to try this stovetop method. The best thing ever.
I've always made clotted cream by the overnight oven method, and it's perfectly fine. No faffing about because the oven does all the work. And there's very little wastage, if any, if you use British double cream (very easily available here). However, these methods are definitely worth trying, especially if you need clotted cream in a hurry (although all methods need to allow chilling time). Thanks very much.
I tried the first method last night. I followed your recipe and it worked perfectly. I added some rum and it is absolutely fantastic! I’m so happy that I found this video and your channel. Thanks a mil!
I love this video and after failing to find non-ultra pasterized heavy cream was so excited to give this a try. I chose the microwave method with UHT heavy cream and was dismayed when after the three 5 minute intervals, it was still liquid, not thickening at all. I decidedd to keep going and after three more intervals (total time 30 minutes), it finally looked like it should. I don't care how long it took, I am just thrilled it finally reduced and looked like it should! It's in the fridge now and I can't wait to see if it firms up. So my advice to anyone who has the same problem, SOLDIER ON and eventually it will work. THANKS
Back in the day clotted cream was sent as a Postal gift in a silver cylinder tin with a reusable tight fitting lid. This also explains why clotted cream and baked rise pudding go so well together 😊
When I was a child, my granny who lived in Cornwall, sent me some clotted cream through the post, to help me get better. I still have the silver container it came in nearly 59 years ago!
This was great! Did the microwave method on level 8 power. Worked with Ultra Pasturized Heavy Cream which is way easier to get in a small town of California. Can't wait to do it again!
I tried the method of boiling cream on the stove. I was surprised that it actually worked and didn’t take that much time at all. Thank you so much for sharing this.
I LOVED the video. I have made traditional clotted cream in the oven overnight many times which I have never considered time consuming because it cooks while I sleep BUT I can't wait to try both of your methods because it is getting difficult to get regular heavy cream that is not ultra pasteurized! THANK YOU so much for this video😍
I knew that there must have been a faster way to make clotted cream other than baking for 12 hours, cooling down, and then refrigerating for 12 hours. Thank You! Especially for the microwave version. Have not tried yet but definitely will 💞 P.S. -- Loved, " Whisk it a bit so the butter gets to know the cream" -- kinda like a first date?😂
Awesome, I fancied scones, but being totally unprepared for the coronation, there was none left at the Co-op, but now I can make some with the double cream instead. Saved my disorganised bacon!
I tried using your microwave method today. It worked great! I can't find clotted cream here in the U.S. so I always make my own in the oven and while I'm sleeping. But, your microwave method is so much better and more cost effective, too, because it's not using my electricity all night like the oven does. Thanks so much for these great tips. And, your sense of humor is hilarious! Really enjoyed this video.
Just discovered your channel Charle, absolutely love it. Great dry humour , no nonsense vids and presentation. Easy to follow. Going to try this ASAP.👍 love the pants down name as well 😂
Charlie I want to thank you for what you do. I can’t grasp why you don’t have a million subscribers. You deserve it. I read your statement and being a teacher myself in a different field I really identified with what you said about teachers. I taught myself to cook like a chef by only watching people like you for the last 25 years. None of that home cook recipe nonsense. I learned from the best and you are right at the top of that list. I will get you more subscribers and again truly appreciate what you do and share. Your humor is delightful. I always look forward to watching you. Best regards.
Thank you for this! Don't know where in Russia you are, but all over Central Asia and Mongolia, this is called Qaimoq. They make it with raw bison cream, put it in the embers of the oven overnight and eat it for breakfast with bread baked in a tandoor (Non) and green tea aerated with cream and salt (Choy Qaimoqi).
Stop speaking for Mongolians if you are not Mongolian. Mongolian version of clotted cream is called öröm. Not qaimoq. We never heard of it and don’t know what that is.
@@lucyskye7229 Actually my family is from Uzbekistan and we call it qaimoq. So sorry you found that insulting. I'll promise to never tell anyone that Central Asians and Mongolians eat the same thing for breakfast ever again if you promise not to make bitchy comments to people on RUclips again, kay?
Thank you. I've been craving clotted cream since l toured in England in the 80s! Have tasted a few very inadequate commercial pretenders over the years so will definitely give this a try. Came here for a break from watching clips of the war in Ukraine so had subtitles on, it seems very appropriate that when the music plays, the subtitles say "fat beats playing".
You are very smart and make very good clotted cream your recipe works very well thank you I’m from southern England and if I had a dairy I would make clotted the old traditional way but your way makes it very easy and delicious. Thank you!
Omg thank you, thank you so much! In a country where clotted cream is scarce and overpriced, this is a godsend. I tried method no. 2 with around 150ml of cream, added about a tablespoon of butter, warmed them together for around 3 minutes, took the mixture out and stirred in some vanilla, and carried on microwaving on medium heat (450W) for the remaining 2 minutes. Let it cool down, stored it in the fridge for an hour or so and WOW. Tasted exactly like clotted cream, with the yellow butterfat and all! And because I used a wide bowl and there was a wider surface area for it to caramelise, the final product tasted like the top layer of clotted cream, with spots of whipped cream. Yummmm
I can't wait to try this. I've made the long bake method MANY times, and only sometime does it work. I usually just end up whipping it into butter and cursing the expensive price I paid for the cream!
I made the stovetop version, with 500 ml. cream. My first time making this, and it turned out perfect. So delicious: my husband and kid and I love it! I will make it again. Thank u!
The one with the butter added was way better. I did the 12hr method and was underwhelmed. Your version is leaps and bounds better, and quicker. Thank you.
Hello! I'm so glad I found this video. I was trying to make clotted cream for a special Mother's Day cake, and the slow-as-balls oven method just gave me lumpy cream. I was *panicking* when I turned to the internet for help. (I live in the US, where they don't sell clotted cream. Sadness.) But then I found your video, and it made me laugh and gave me renewed hope. I followed your instructions and it came out delicious! Thank you so much for saving my cake!
OMFG. This was the first video I’ve ever seen of yours, and I love your work!! I have always wanted to know how to make clotted cream, and you just taught me in a very short amount of time & made me laugh! 💓
This looks amazing and easy as well. .. I will try it tomorrow.. I love clotted cream and made it the old way a couple of times but it really took forever and I got very little cream as I live in Asia and I think all the cream is pasteurized.. This looks brilliant.. Thank you!
A scone, which as you know is a bit different than an American biscuit, clotted cream and strawberry jam - one of the most delightful things in this world! Thank you so much this information!!!
This is a must try - thank you for sharing. If you want to elevate your scones & clotted cream, try Devonshire splits....... A soft yeast bun. You'll never go back to ordinary scones❤️
Its 1:33am and I bought a bottle of cream a few days ago just for this, I have been procrastinating because it would have taken so long to make. Thanks to you that's not the case anymore! I'm about to go make it. ( also I was thinking of putting a smaller portion under the grill OR in the oven after reducing on the stove just to get that top browned crust, I will report back how it goes and no I wont ruin it....all of it at least )
Video is great: Doesn't waste our time. I''ve made it the 12 hour-way--lots of time, but hands off: works great. I tried 12 hr with ultra-pasturized: failure. Tried with raw cream from a farm: semi-failure. Made it stove-top--Results: Great! creamier than 12 hours, tastes great, better yield. Another proponent of this recipe says reduce by 1/3, rather than half...I reduced btw 2/5 and 1/2: yield: 40 oz from 64 oz of ultra from Sam's club. Cost $9.52: 23c per oz. Whole Foods: $1.41 per oz. I didn't have unsalted butter. Used salted...I'll use unsalted next time...slightly spoils flavor...still awesome. Was paranoid of scalding...spent 2 + hours over the 4 qt pan I used, adjusting burners slightly...maybe could have let it go without tending more....
About two years ago I made a large batch of Devonshire clotted cream fudge. My cream was in the oven for almost thirty hours. I will definitely have to try the stove method.
As a British person living in Germany who sometimes just doesnt have time for 12hrs of oven time, thank you! :D Especially the butter tip, the cream you can buy here has a much lower fat content than the double cream youd use in the uk to make it normally.
Wow! just wow! so i made this last night, only a small batch, since well...l i want my pants to fit! It was amazing. It reduced fairly quickly on the stove and it set up beautifully in a few hours. I do like this much better than the "prehistoric method" for 4 reasons. There's no messing around with leftover liquid, there's no thick hard buttery crust ( that's almost impossible to stir into the rest of the clotted cream), the texture is unbelievably smooth and creamy and it didn't take me 12 hours! Thank you!!! This will now be my go to method.
Just had to cancel a trip to England and missing the chance to try clotted cream is what I'm saddest about! So excited to see there's a way with ultra-pasteurized cream! Thank you!!!
I made this on the stove yesterday. Worked perfectly. The only thing you have to remember is that it takes a few hours to set properly. The recipe works using plant-based butter too.
Ok -thank you SO much for this! I live in New England usa so a few supermarkets near me do actually carry jars of clotted cream however they are very small and very expensive and all the recipes as you mentioned call for un or at least not ulta pasteurized cream and that I could not find anywhere even at natural markets. So this is amazing! Thanks for sharing - I can’t wait to try it! Be well🥰
Spahceba - thanks so much. i’ve been wanting to try clotted cream and now i can have a taste of it. didn’t realize it was incredibly full of cream though, thought it was more like curds or what we call cottage cheese. :) hope things are going well for you guys over there. i really don’t like what’s going on. have a sunshiny day :) 🌷🌱 from New York
I've tried this method before - it's great, but it does not produce a product that tastes like clotted cream. Instead of separating from the clotted cream when made the traditional way, the whey of the milk just becomes thickened and stays with the cream, which completely changes the flavor profile.
That's an interesting take. Truly, we only take the top part from the baked cream. How much does it change though? Most people in the comments say it's almost identical.
I've made clotted cream using crappy cheap walmart heavy cream in america and it worked with the old method. I left it in the oven for 12 whole hours and it worked. And the buttermilk or whatever that liquid is was enough for a batch of scones, which the recipe told me would happen. So, yeah. Old method also works. It's just didn't get as yellow as I've seen in pictures
ive always wanted to try this after seeing it on foodwishes, but discouraged by the insane amount of wait time. i think ill give the adding butter method a shot since i could control how much i reduce it and how much extra fat i can add into it. some cinnamon would sound amazing too
The only recipe for clotted cream that I have seen is the one that takes HOURS so it really put me off! Thank you so much for sharing this - I can't wait to try it out.
Looking at the comments, I’m genuinely surprised that clotted cream isn’t as well known as I thought it was! Have we in the U.K. been sitting on a secret without knowing it? I wonder if we’ve got any other things you’d like but we don’t realise that you haven’t got? Lol
Yes you have! I learned about it when doing an "English tea party" birthday for my daughter, and I tried it! I loved it, but never made it since then. That is gonna change now!! 😆😄❤️ Regards from DK 🇩🇰🇬🇧
Wow! These two methods are much quicker than 12-hour oven method, and the finished cream looks like it has a more even, uniform consistency. I'll have to try this!
Sure does. The oven method is only for cream with at least 60% fat. Don’t know why people show others that method when it clearly sucks with usual cream…
Holy crap I made the microwave version while my oven version is taking all day and I am blown away, tastiest thing I've ever eaten. I made a mug biscuit in the microwave for the cream. All I can say is just do it. Just. Do. It.
🤣 🤣🤣
That’s the reason I was looking at comments- to find out if it tasted the same!
Yo drop the biscuit recipe!
@TheMCvamp How To Bake The Best Scones Of Your Life
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❤I can not wait to do this!!!
Years ago I lived in a cottage on a farm in west Cornwall. We had a wood burning Rayburn & a very wide copper pan. We would 3/4 fill it with fresh unpasteurized whole milk from grass fed free range cows. Left on low heat overnight by the morning the top inch would be yellow clotted cream. The rest of the milk still totally useable. The farm is still there & the cottage now a listed building!
❤ Thank you so much for sharing this! Reading your post gives a wonderful feeling of nostalgia!
just did this using method one, was easy as heck and came out incredible. i am never buying a $12 jar of imported clotted cream again
As an American I can honestly say that was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever ate. I don’t want butter on a biscuit anymore. I want this.
YESSSSS. ❤️
Why not both?
I’m dying to try it!
Eaten. If you are going to represent, conjugate your verbs properly.
You can't buy actual cream in America.
I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH! I nearly was in desperate need for clotted cream and only found the tiny expensive jars that were not nearly the taste as I did in London. I did the stovetop version and it was amazing! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I've never had (official) clotted cream, but I tried your technique this morning. I used vanilla and a shot of whiskey. It is amazing!! The texture is unlike anything I've had before. The flavor profile is subtle and pure heaven! Thank you!!
a shot of whiskey 😱😱😱😱 Ok i need to try
The thing is it literally looks like "misti doi" or sweet yogurt from south asia.
Wait until you try the real stuff Mind blown!
@@alpha4072 I look forward to it!
When you make it next time, please 🙏🏻 leave out the vanilla and the whiskey. Real clotted cream doesn’t have this, nor does it need it.
I'm from Bristol, England and I had this all the time as a kid and still make it myself. My mum was born in 1921 and made this reduced method that she learn from her mum don't know why you'd bake it for 12 entire hours but I supposed it would be the ancient way of doing it when there was no coal or gas cooking!
Probably was more practical long ago when they had brick ovens that took hours and hours to cool down after using them for other stuff. It was a set it and forget it method.
@@mahna_mahna Or perhaps from haybox cooking where heated pots of food were packed in a box of insulating hay so they would remain warm overnight (how slow cooking started).
if you don't do it long and slow it doesn't get the classic crust, which is part of the clotted cream experience.
If you use fresh raw milk it needs to sit to separate the cream anyway. If you dump it in a pot overnight the separating and the clotting happen at the same time.
The first time I tried this, I used the stovetop method with butter. But I am using Jersey cream, which likely has a higher butterfat content, and it reduced too far. Turned out solid. I tried again without the butter. Much better result! Thanks for this time-saving recipe.
I don’t know why this was in my recommended. I’ve never had or heard of clotted cream before. And I’ve never watched any of your videos. But just based on this I’ve decided to subscribe. I never knew I needed clotted cream in my life but now I need to have it. Thank you!
I can't tell you how many times this happened to me before! 😂
I personally love it!
I love tasting/trying new things!
I really like this comment so much, cause I know exactly how you feel! 😆😂❤️👍
i made this. LIFE CHANGING. I had clotted cream for the first time and i cannot believe i made it myself in the microwave. It took NO effort. I cannot thank you enough. Now i cant wait to invite friends and have a cream tea.
I had forgotten about cream tea.... When we lived in Europe we often went to London. Such a wonderful city!
I went to England in 1985 and loved it there. I also loved clotted cream with strawberries and scones. I can buy a tiny bottle of it in Canada but it is very expensive. Having farmed and had delicious Jersey cream I thought it would be easy to make but could never find a recipe. So thankyou. I will be making it. 💌🇨🇦🇬🇧
This Canadian is currently enjoying this fabulous treat as it was leftover from this weekend's celebration cream tea...super happy I'll be able to recreate this at home now without the mortgage required for the thimble full offered by Independent!!
I did his method, after pouring into dishes I placed in the countertop oven (toaster oven), to get that brown caramelized crust seen on traditional clouted cream. set at 275 till it got brown and bubbly. Soo good.
The crust is butter fat, not caramelisation.
Did you compare both methods? i have never really noticed ultra pasteurized being problematic when using an instant pot. I'm intrigued to try this . Typically clotted cream is a bit chunky and this quicker method it seems much creamier in the video.
there is sugar in the dairy (lactose ) it caramelizes, the same thing happends when you brown butter, its way more the milk solids that gives the color and taste not the fat. @@MrsBrit1
@@MachuPichuu no I haven't. I should make it my weekend project for the microwave version.
After two years people are still loving this video. Thank you.
i am so fortunate to be able to buy this in icecream tubs, i am so glad we brits have given the world the tastiest tea-time food. i realy appriceate the love this traditional food gets
We either have to make it or buy from the British Import shop, which, where I live, doesn't exist.
I enjoy making Dulce de leche but I tend to want to eat it by spoonful and not the healthiest of choices, but so good on dense and chewy homemade artisan bread.
Sliced peaches or strawberry jam/fruit spread with clotted cream on scones or baking powder biscuits (not what Brits call biscuits) is delightful
@gerrimilner9448, I love your delicious creams and butters, but clotted cream is the best ever.
@@gerrimilner9448 As a "Brit" I appreciate your appreciation 😊
Oh my goodness, your microwave version is amazingly fast and good - who would have thought? I used 80% power - and did it in 3 different dishes. Total time for each batch varied depending on the size of the dish used. I was able to get a beautifully thick clotted cream, as I've always wanted - without hours and hours of work. THANK YOU!
Welcome!
@monique How did yours taste? Mine thickened but had a distinct cooked taste
@@MattMaxson To me it tasted great....and the same as the one that's baked for 10 to 12 hours in the oven. I must admit, though, I used it immediately to make clotted cream fudge and not for scones or biscuits. Hope this helps and Merry Christmas.
@@margeaupanforte thanks
I believe the traditional thing was to leave it on / in the cooling stove, with the coals banked to keep them alive but not really burning over night.
So, so grateful that you posted this video. I live in Hawaii and almost impossible to even buy clotted cream. With 1 quart of Ultra Pasturized Whipping Cream (Great Value, a Walmart Brand) was able to produce 2+ cups of perfect clotted cream. I Microwaved the cream in 2 cups at a time, cut the time to approximately 13 minutes (3 cycles). Worked for me. Thank you so much. Aloha from Hawaii!
THANK YOU! This is what I will have to use as my cream also so I'm delighted to hear it works!
Thank you ❤❤
Holy crap, this is delicious. Made traditional clottes cream many times, the microwave version can realy stand up to it.
I have made clotted cream the old way in the oven for 12 hours, etc and was never satisfied with the results. The clotted cream was never thick and fluffy like I'd had when I experienced it on my visits to England. Well no more!! The stovetop method was a dream fulfilled. Easy to do and the results were spectacular. I tried the microwave method first but felt it had an odd taste. If you like clotted cream you have to try this stovetop method. The best thing ever.
I've always made clotted cream by the overnight oven method, and it's perfectly fine. No faffing about because the oven does all the work. And there's very little wastage, if any, if you use British double cream (very easily available here). However, these methods are definitely worth trying, especially if you need clotted cream in a hurry (although all methods need to allow chilling time). Thanks very much.
Surely it would cost a fortune to leave your oven on all night?? Also what if it catches fire or something 😱😱😱😱
They 'cook' it at 80c/175f when they do it for 12 hours... Barely more than a dehydrator temp so it wouldn't take that much energy.
Wow! I tried this for the first time for my tea party. Reduced cream down with butter and vanilla. Yum Yum! So simple to do. Thank you Blessings!
Clotted cream never has anything but cream. No vanilla needed.
I tried the first method last night. I followed your recipe and it worked perfectly. I added some rum and it is absolutely fantastic! I’m so happy that I found this video and your channel. Thanks a mil!
Instant sub. Fantastic method, puns, editing, cinematography. Well put together and an awesome trick!
Method 1 is AMAZING! Honestly followed this video recipe to the T & my clotted cream came out PERFECT! Thank you
And what about method 2??
@@KarenRaren 🤷♀️. Who would do it both ways, Other then this gentleman, who is giving us the choice 🤪🤣🤣
You mean you wrote a letter to the Queen? :-P
Did you let it cool down a bit before putting it into the fridge?:
Pop it away when it stops being hot
I love this video and after failing to find non-ultra pasterized heavy cream was so excited to give this a try. I chose the microwave method with UHT heavy cream and was dismayed when after the three 5 minute intervals, it was still liquid, not thickening at all. I decidedd to keep going and after three more intervals (total time 30 minutes), it finally looked like it should. I don't care how long it took, I am just thrilled it finally reduced and looked like it should! It's in the fridge now and I can't wait to see if it firms up. So my advice to anyone who has the same problem, SOLDIER ON and eventually it will work. THANKS
Make sure to stir and emulsify well while reducing
Where there's a will, there's a way - especially when it comes to clotted cream 🤣
Thanks for this info!!
Back in the day clotted cream was sent as a Postal gift in a silver cylinder tin with a reusable tight fitting lid.
This also explains why clotted cream and baked rise pudding go so well together 😊
When I was a child, my granny who lived in Cornwall, sent me some clotted cream through the post, to help me get better. I still have the silver container it came in nearly 59 years ago!
This was great! Did the microwave method on level 8 power. Worked with Ultra Pasturized Heavy Cream which is way easier to get in a small town of California. Can't wait to do it again!
I tried the method of boiling cream on the stove. I was surprised that it actually worked and didn’t take that much time at all. Thank you so much for sharing this.
Tak!
You’re the best! Thanks for the support!!
I LOVED the video. I have made traditional clotted cream in the oven overnight many times which I have never considered time consuming because it cooks while I sleep BUT I can't wait to try both of your methods because it is getting difficult to get regular heavy cream that is not ultra pasteurized! THANK YOU so much for this video😍
how was it when you tired was it as good better or back to the old way? thank you
Holy cow! This worked! I tried method 1. The butter adds a nutty creamy taste that is heavenly. Thank you for creating this recipe and video.
LOVE your sense of humour!! and you had me at "none of us have 12 hours to wait for something......." Thank you!
I made this on the stovetop and it took about 30 minutes whisking constantly. Yum, yum, YUM! So happy to be able to make this at home now🥰
You have saved my life with this! I’ve gotten into baking scones lately and can’t find any clotted cream here…
Once again, GOAT.
Coming back to your recipe, made it in a microwave a year+ ago, today made it by simmering. TOP.
I knew that there must have been a faster way to make clotted cream other than baking for 12 hours, cooling down, and then refrigerating for 12 hours. Thank You! Especially for the microwave version. Have not tried yet but definitely will 💞
P.S. -- Loved, " Whisk it a bit so the butter gets to know the cream" -- kinda like a first date?😂
I have made this both ways and each turned out great. I also tried the 12 hour oven method and it didn’t turn out. Thanks so much for this tutorial!!
Awesome, I fancied scones, but being totally unprepared for the coronation, there was none left at the Co-op, but now I can make some with the double cream instead. Saved my disorganised bacon!
I tried using your microwave method today. It worked great! I can't find clotted cream here in the U.S. so I always make my own in the oven and while I'm sleeping. But, your microwave method is so much better and more cost effective, too, because it's not using my electricity all night like the oven does. Thanks so much for these great tips. And, your sense of humor is hilarious! Really enjoyed this video.
Just discovered your channel Charle, absolutely love it. Great dry humour , no nonsense vids and presentation. Easy to follow. Going to try this ASAP.👍 love the pants down name as well 😂
Charlie I want to thank you for what you do. I can’t grasp why you don’t have a million subscribers. You deserve it. I read your statement and being a teacher myself in a different field I really identified with what you said about teachers. I taught myself to cook like a chef by only watching people like you for the last 25 years. None of that home cook recipe nonsense. I learned from the best and you are right at the top of that list. I will get you more subscribers and again truly appreciate what you do and share. Your humor is delightful. I always look forward to watching you. Best regards.
Most welcome!!! Glad you enjoy the content and get a laugh from it! Have a great day! 🍻
Came for the clotted cream, stayed for the commentary 😅💕 looks great, keen to try it!
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First time viewer, I have bought clotted cream in a British store, now I will make my own. Thank you
I’ve been wanting to make clotted cream since I had it in London 3 years ago. Can’t wait to try this out!
I just accidentally made mine within a few hours! So glad to see someone else knowing an even better wy!
Thank you for this! Don't know where in Russia you are, but all over Central Asia and Mongolia, this is called Qaimoq. They make it with raw bison cream, put it in the embers of the oven overnight and eat it for breakfast with bread baked in a tandoor (Non) and green tea aerated with cream and salt (Choy Qaimoqi).
That Mongolians domesticated bison and _milked_ them is just more explanation why they conquered most of the continent.
Stop speaking for Mongolians if you are not Mongolian. Mongolian version of clotted cream is called öröm. Not qaimoq. We never heard of it and don’t know what that is.
@@lucyskye7229 Actually my family is from Uzbekistan and we call it qaimoq. So sorry you found that insulting. I'll promise to never tell anyone that Central Asians and Mongolians eat the same thing for breakfast ever again if you promise not to make bitchy comments to people on RUclips again, kay?
that sounds absolutely delicious!
Qaimaq chai in Afghanistan. We also call it Sar-e Sheer.
Simple ingredient, modern technique, classic taste - in a 3 video! I subscribed instantly.
Pot of tea, Scones, jam and a healthy dollop of this, lovely job!! The royal we approves!! 🇬🇧
Thank you. I've been craving clotted cream since l toured in England in the 80s! Have tasted a few very inadequate commercial pretenders over the years so will definitely give this a try. Came here for a break from watching clips of the war in Ukraine so had subtitles on, it seems very appropriate that when the music plays, the subtitles say "fat beats playing".
clotted cream here in Scotland can be expensive so I’m definitely going to try this 😀, great video and commentary 😆 Thank you!
GENIUS HACK!
Thank goodness you posted this video for all of us unsuspecting gourmets.
I’ve tried your first method and it turned out amazing! Super easy
Thanks!
My British stepdad said clotted cream is ambrosia. Can't wait to do this! Thank you!
You are very smart and make very good clotted cream your recipe works very well thank you I’m from southern England and if I had a dairy I would make clotted the old traditional way but your way makes it very easy and delicious. Thank you!
Omg thank you, thank you so much! In a country where clotted cream is scarce and overpriced, this is a godsend. I tried method no. 2 with around 150ml of cream, added about a tablespoon of butter, warmed them together for around 3 minutes, took the mixture out and stirred in some vanilla, and carried on microwaving on medium heat (450W) for the remaining 2 minutes. Let it cool down, stored it in the fridge for an hour or so and WOW. Tasted exactly like clotted cream, with the yellow butterfat and all! And because I used a wide bowl and there was a wider surface area for it to caramelise, the final product tasted like the top layer of clotted cream, with spots of whipped cream. Yummmm
You DID get Tge caramelization? 😎
@@honeyvitagliano3227 Yes! Love the crust on top 😋
I finally know what clotted cream is!!! Have heard of and have seen it on t v, but never knew what it was.
Thank you, will definatly will try it.
I can't wait to try this. I've made the long bake method MANY times, and only sometime does it work. I usually just end up whipping it into butter and cursing the expensive price I paid for the cream!
Christmas breakfast now has a plan! Thank you, friend!
Wow, that was better than putting it in the oven for ten hours on low. Great tip !
Where have you been all this time and why is it I'm only finding this now? You are a legend! Thank you for this kind sir!
Tbh I prefer the oven method because you get the caramelized top and it ♥️♥️
I was thinking you can pop it in the oven under a low boiler 350 to get the caramelized part?
I made the stovetop version, with 500 ml. cream. My first time making this, and it turned out perfect. So delicious: my husband and kid and I love it! I will make it again. Thank u!
The one with the butter added was way better. I did the 12hr method and was underwhelmed. Your version is leaps and bounds better, and quicker. Thank you.
Hello! I'm so glad I found this video. I was trying to make clotted cream for a special Mother's Day cake, and the slow-as-balls oven method just gave me lumpy cream. I was *panicking* when I turned to the internet for help. (I live in the US, where they don't sell clotted cream. Sadness.) But then I found your video, and it made me laugh and gave me renewed hope. I followed your instructions and it came out delicious! Thank you so much for saving my cake!
Welcome!! Glad to help!
OMFG. This was the first video I’ve ever seen of yours, and I love your work!! I have always wanted to know how to make clotted cream, and you just taught me in a very short amount of time & made me laugh! 💓
Happy to help! 🍻
i made the microwave one. so amazing. 7 min for my microwave. thank you thank you thank you🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
This looks amazing and easy as well. .. I will try it tomorrow.. I love clotted cream and made it the old way a couple of times but it really took forever and I got very little cream as I live in Asia and I think all the cream is pasteurized.. This looks brilliant.. Thank you!
how did you like it?
@@cap8e very good.. Adding the butter gave it a great flavour as well.. So easy compared to the old method
@@miskyloo887 thank you so much
A scone, which as you know is a bit different than an American biscuit, clotted cream and strawberry jam - one of the most delightful things in this world! Thank you so much this information!!!
Thank you for the easy way to make CC- you brought me joy and laughter with your presentation!! Subscribed!!
the microwave method works great. so easy to make a small batch for personal use
This deserves far more likes well done
Wait, so I was longing for this thing for years now with no realistic way to get where I live and it's so simple. Thanks, gotta try it immediately
This is a must try - thank you for sharing. If you want to elevate your scones & clotted cream, try Devonshire splits....... A soft yeast bun. You'll never go back to ordinary scones❤️
What a great find. I'm on it as soon as I've been to shops thanks so much.
Its 1:33am and I bought a bottle of cream a few days ago just for this, I have been procrastinating because it would have taken so long to make. Thanks to you that's not the case anymore! I'm about to go make it. ( also I was thinking of putting a smaller portion under the grill OR in the oven after reducing on the stove just to get that top browned crust, I will report back how it goes and no I wont ruin it....all of it at least )
How did browning the top go? Did it make it taste like browned butter/beurre noisette?
Thanks!
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This popped up on my feed. Checked out more of your content, a very easy subscribe.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart haha 💖💖💖💖💖💖 I can't wait to make some scones now knowing I've got actual clotted cream to go with them 💐💐💐
Video is great: Doesn't waste our time. I''ve made it the 12 hour-way--lots of time, but hands off: works great. I tried 12 hr with ultra-pasturized: failure. Tried with raw cream from a farm: semi-failure. Made it stove-top--Results: Great! creamier than 12 hours, tastes great, better yield. Another proponent of this recipe says reduce by 1/3, rather than half...I reduced btw 2/5 and 1/2: yield: 40 oz from 64 oz of ultra from Sam's club. Cost $9.52: 23c per oz. Whole Foods: $1.41 per oz. I didn't have unsalted butter. Used salted...I'll use unsalted next time...slightly spoils flavor...still awesome. Was paranoid of scalding...spent 2 + hours over the 4 qt pan I used, adjusting burners slightly...maybe could have let it go without tending more....
Just tried method 1 and it came out perfect! Thank you so much
Did you let it cool down a bit before refrigerating it?
@@Eidann63 yes I did
How much cream did you use?
And butter ? Please let me know 😅
About two years ago I made a large batch of Devonshire clotted cream fudge. My cream was in the oven for almost thirty hours. I will definitely have to try the stove method.
As a British person living in Germany who sometimes just doesnt have time for 12hrs of oven time, thank you! :D
Especially the butter tip, the cream you can buy here has a much lower fat content than the double cream youd use in the uk to make it normally.
Wow! just wow! so i made this last night, only a small batch, since well...l i want my pants to fit! It was amazing. It reduced fairly quickly on the stove and it set up beautifully in a few hours. I do like this much better than the "prehistoric method" for 4 reasons. There's no messing around with leftover liquid, there's no thick hard buttery crust ( that's almost impossible to stir into the rest of the clotted cream), the texture is unbelievably smooth and creamy and it didn't take me 12 hours! Thank you!!! This will now be my go to method.
Just had to cancel a trip to England and missing the chance to try clotted cream is what I'm saddest about! So excited to see there's a way with ultra-pasteurized cream! Thank you!!!
I made this on the stove yesterday. Worked perfectly. The only thing you have to remember is that it takes a few hours to set properly.
The recipe works using plant-based butter too.
How long did it take on the stove?
@@PsychedelicKitten 15 minutes just as he said in the video. You have to leave it in the fridge for around 4 hours for it set all the way through.
Al fin!!!!💙 Muchas gracias por ésta maravillosa receta. La estoy haciendo ahora mismo. 💙😁
Ok -thank you SO much for this!
I live in New England usa so a few supermarkets near me do actually carry jars of clotted cream however they are very small and very expensive and all the recipes as you mentioned call for un or at least not ulta pasteurized cream and that I could not find anywhere even at natural markets. So this is amazing! Thanks for sharing - I can’t wait to try it! Be well🥰
Spahceba - thanks so much. i’ve been wanting to try clotted cream and now i can have a taste of it. didn’t realize it was incredibly full of cream though, thought it was more like curds or what we call cottage cheese. :) hope things are going well for you guys over there. i really don’t like what’s going on.
have a sunshiny day :) 🌷🌱 from New York
I’m British, married to a Cornish man - I tried making it the traditional way, and literally cried! So I’m excited about this way.
I cried a many times. Hence, something that works for everyone anywhere. Enjoy.
I've tried this method before - it's great, but it does not produce a product that tastes like clotted cream. Instead of separating from the clotted cream when made the traditional way, the whey of the milk just becomes thickened and stays with the cream, which completely changes the flavor profile.
That's an interesting take. Truly, we only take the top part from the baked cream. How much does it change though? Most people in the comments say it's almost identical.
I've made clotted cream using crappy cheap walmart heavy cream in america and it worked with the old method. I left it in the oven for 12 whole hours and it worked. And the buttermilk or whatever that liquid is was enough for a batch of scones, which the recipe told me would happen. So, yeah. Old method also works. It's just didn't get as yellow as I've seen in pictures
ive always wanted to try this after seeing it on foodwishes, but discouraged by the insane amount of wait time. i think ill give the adding butter method a shot since i could control how much i reduce it and how much extra fat i can add into it. some cinnamon would sound amazing too
The only recipe for clotted cream that I have seen is the one that takes HOURS so it really put me off! Thank you so much for sharing this - I can't wait to try it out.
Looking at the comments, I’m genuinely surprised that clotted cream isn’t as well known as I thought it was! Have we in the U.K. been sitting on a secret without knowing it? I wonder if we’ve got any other things you’d like but we don’t realise that you haven’t got? Lol
clotted cream and monstermunch.
No clotted cream in Canada, I tried this recipe but it doesn't come close to what you have in the UK.
Yes you have! I learned about it when doing an "English tea party" birthday for my daughter, and I tried it! I loved it, but never made it since then. That is gonna change now!! 😆😄❤️ Regards from DK 🇩🇰🇬🇧
hilariously presented with clever ideas to save time and energy without compromising the taste...brilliant...more of it...THANKYOU ;)
This was a bloody brilliant video, and I can't wait to try the whiskey variation!
not only 12 hours time lost, but also high cost of electricity, i.m gonna try it, thank you
I'll be making this today. Thank for the faster version! Most people don't have 12 to 18 hours to make this cream. I know I don't.
Wow! These two methods are much quicker than 12-hour oven method, and the finished cream looks like it has a more even, uniform consistency. I'll have to try this!
Sure does. The oven method is only for cream with at least 60% fat. Don’t know why people show others that method when it clearly sucks with usual cream…