Sour cream powder is a great ingredient to have on hand. It’s great added to recipes as a dry ingredient (instant mashed potatoes, for example), but making it into a fresh bowl (or bag) of sour cream is just fun. If you love burritos on the trail, it will take them to a new level.
Sour Cream
Ingredients:
- ¼ cup sour cream powder
At Home:
Pack the sour cream powder in a snack-size zip-top bag. Roll the bag up gently, pushing out the air, and seal it tightly. Keep the bag rolled to prevent any air from creeping back in.
To make:
Slowly add in 2 Tablespoons cold water, stirring in, till fully mixed. Seal and let sit. It will thicken after a few minutes, especially if put into cold water for a few minutes. Start off with as cold water as you can get for best results (in the PNW this is pretty easy to do even in summer, if you are hiking along snow pack fed rivers and streams.
Now then, for better taste, if you have a cold stream handily nearby, make sure it is tightly sealed, tether it in the stream (you can do this for so many foods!), and let it get good and chilled. Usually, we put the bag we want to be chilled inside a larger zip-top bag and either use a paracord threaded through a hole in the top or weigh it down on the edge with rocks. You can also use a snow bank to chill in, but make sure the bag isn’t visible to birds, who will happily enjoy your treat…..
Looking for how to take other powders into fresh products?
~Sarah