Smetana is a type of sour cream from Central and Eastern Europe. It is a dairy product produced by souring heavy cream. It is similar to crème fraîche, but nowadays mainly sold with 9% to 42% milkfat content depending on the country. Its cooking properties are different from crème fraîche and the lighter sour creams sold in the US, which contain 12 to 16% butterfat. It is widely used in cooking and baking.

Categories: Dip Fermented dairy products
Characteristic of: Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine Bosnia and Herzegovina cuisine Bulgarian cuisine Croatian cuisine Czech cuisine Hungarian cuisine Lithuanian cuisine Montenegrin cuisine Russian cuisine Serbian cuisine Slavic cuisine Slovakian cuisine Slovenian cuisine
Contains: Dairy
Application of: Fermentation
Contained by: Banoshuk
Contains, including ancestors: Dairy
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Wikidata ID: Q326061
Wikipedia title: Smetana (dairy product)
References:
Wikipedia article: Smetana (dairy product)
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