Berries and cream simply elegant! Look for containers labeled heavy or whipping cream in the dairy case. Cream whips best if the bowl and beaters are cold, so tuck them in the freezer or refrigerator for a quick chill. Cream can spatter as you whip it, so use a deep bowl.

• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 Tbs. sugar
• 2 lbs. Driscoll's fresh berries

In chilled mixing bowl with chilled beaters, whip 1 cup whipping cream until soft peaks form. Gradually add 2 tablespoons sugar and beat to form soft peaks. Cover lightly and chill until ready to serve.

Makes enough to dip 2 lbs. of berries.

Variations:

Spiked Chantilly Cream: Add 2 Tbs. Chambord liqueur to Basic Whipped Cream Dip along with sugar.

Chocolate Chantilly Cream: Sift together 1/4 cup each unsweetened cocoa and sugar (omit the sugar in Basic Chantilly Cream) and beat into softly whipped cream.

Spiced Chantilly Cream: Whip cream and sugar as in Basic Chantilly. Spoon about 1/4 cup of the whipped cream into a small bowl and stir in 1 tsp. grated orange zest, 1 Tbs. Grand Marnier liqueur OR orange juice, 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg and 1/4 tsp. ground allspice until blended. Stir spiced cream into remaining whipped cream.

Cardamom Chantilly Cream: Whip cream and sugar as in Basic Chantilly, adding 1/2 tsp. ground cardamom along with sugar.

Espresso Chantilly Cream: Whip cream and sugar as in Basic Chantilly, adding up to 1 tsp. instant espresso granules and 2 Tbs. Kahlua liqueur along with sugar.

Honey Chantilly:Whip cream as in Basic Chantilly, replacing sugar with up to 3 Tbs. honey.

This recipe serves 8 people. Due to the nature of this recipe, it adjusts the number of servings in multiples of 8 only.

Per serving: calories 149, fat 11.4g, 66% calories from fat, cholesterol 41mg, protein 1.3g, carbohydrates 11.9g, fiber 2.6g, sugar 9.3g, sodium 12mg, diet points 3.9.

Dietary Exchanges: Milk: 0.1, Vegetable: 0.0, Fruit: 0.6, Bread: 0.0, Lean meat: 0.0, Fat: 2.1, Sugar: 0.2, Very lean meat protein: 0.0

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