clotted cream
noun
: a thick cream made chiefly in England by slowly heating whole milk on which the cream has been allowed to rise and then skimming the cooled cream from the top
called also Devonshire cream
Examples of clotted cream in a Sentence
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While social media channels have lately been brimming with arguments over wars and the election to come, a major debate at the Manhattan salon on a recent afternoon was the age-old question of what to put on one’s scone first: clotted cream or jam.
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Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
Afternoon tea starts at $50 (or $58 for a version that includes Prosecco) and includes finger sandwiches, freshly baked cakes, and scones served with jam and clotted cream in addition to your pot of tea.
—Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2023
In 1990, two days before Christmas, Perry held her first afternoon tea at Tea & Sympathy (108 Greenwich Ave.; tea service from $40): a two-tiered platter of finger sandwiches, scones with jam and clotted cream, vanilla sponge cake, and hot black tea served in the daintiest of cups.
—David Kortava, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2021
Bring on the three-tiered cakes, mini sandwich towers, and Cornish clotted cream anything.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 11 Jan. 2023
Enjoy a $30 tea menu with pastries, scones, and clotted cream, and finger sandwiches Wednesday through Sunday.
—Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023
In addition to specialty coffees, the cafe serves a formal afternoon tea, with loose leaves in an individual teapot plus a choice of tea sandwiches, scones and clotted cream and jam, or a petite salad.
—Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
Their basic cream tea service includes scones and clotted cream and a pot of loose-leaf tea.
—Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2022
Beyond its impressive menu, the restaurant’s elegant tea service, featuring Kiran’s own chai blend and scones presented with jam and clotted cream, is worth a try.
—Megha McSwain, Chron, 22 Mar. 2022
Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
Afternoon tea starts at $50 (or $58 for a version that includes Prosecco) and includes finger sandwiches, freshly baked cakes, and scones served with jam and clotted cream in addition to your pot of tea.
—Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2023
In 1990, two days before Christmas, Perry held her first afternoon tea at Tea & Sympathy (108 Greenwich Ave.; tea service from $40): a two-tiered platter of finger sandwiches, scones with jam and clotted cream, vanilla sponge cake, and hot black tea served in the daintiest of cups.
—David Kortava, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2021
Bring on the three-tiered cakes, mini sandwich towers, and Cornish clotted cream anything.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 11 Jan. 2023
Enjoy a $30 tea menu with pastries, scones, and clotted cream, and finger sandwiches Wednesday through Sunday.
—Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023
In addition to specialty coffees, the cafe serves a formal afternoon tea, with loose leaves in an individual teapot plus a choice of tea sandwiches, scones and clotted cream and jam, or a petite salad.
—Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
Their basic cream tea service includes scones and clotted cream and a pot of loose-leaf tea.
—Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2022
Beyond its impressive menu, the restaurant’s elegant tea service, featuring Kiran’s own chai blend and scones presented with jam and clotted cream, is worth a try.
—Megha McSwain, Chron, 22 Mar. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1542, in the meaning defined above
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