Stabilized Whipped Cream

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 tablespoons cold water
• 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin (see tips)
• 2 cups chilled whipping cream (1 pint)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1 tablespoon dark rum or 1 tablespoon any flavored liqueur
• 1 -2 tablespoon sugar or 1 -2 tablespoon brown sugar (best paired with cakes & desserts that have brown sugar in the ingredients)

Recipe

• 1 soak plain gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes.
• 2 dissolve by placing it in a container over a small pot of simmering water.
• 3 allow to cool.
• 4 using an electric mixer, beat cream in a large well-chilled bowl.
• 5 just before it becomes soft and billowy, slowly add the sugar and flavorings to the whipped cream at the sides of the bowl, continuing to whip as you do.
• 6 whip the cream until barely stiff.
• 7 add melted and cooled gelatin all at once to cream during whipping.
• 8 stop whipping when cream forms soft peaks.
• 9 finish beating with whisk to adjust consistency.
• 10 serve immediately or cover and refrigerate.
• 11 tips: for 1 cup of cream use 1/2 teaspoon gelatin soaked in 1 tablespoon cold water.
• 12 for 2 cups of cream use 1 teaspoon gelatin soaked in 2 tablespoons cold water.
• 13 for 6 cups of cream use 1 tablespoon soaked in 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoon cold water.
• 14 stabilized whipped cream can be flavored, but do it as soon as possible before the gelatin sets.