2000s Recipes + Menus

Calvados Vanilla Cream

Makesabout 2 cups
  • Active time:5 min
  • Start to finish:5 min
November 2007
Whipped cream becomes light—yet richer—with the addition of Calvados. It echoes the apples in our Apple Walnut Torte.
  • 1/2 vanilla bean (halved crosswise), halved lengthwise, or 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chilled heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon Calvados or other apple brandy
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • Scrape seeds from bean with tip of a knife into a bowl (reserve pod for another use). Add remaining ingredients and beat with a mixer until cream just holds soft peaks.
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