Anonymous wrote:
> Hi. I've made beef stroganoff about 50 times and have never
> had a sauce break. Today when I added the sour cream, the
> sauce broke. It's ugly. What did I do wrong. I put in the
> sour cream while the stew was bubbling merrily away. I've
> always done that. Any suggestions...
>



The stew was way too hot. You can't add sour cream to hot mixtures
unless it has been very well tempered by adding small amounts of the hot
stuff and mixing it well until the two temperatures equalize (like
egg yolk tempering.)

See:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...5071400AAYxCOA

gloria p