Crème Fraîche Lime Crema — retrospective whole-Recipe report

Hypothesis

Retrospective review expectation stated at recording time: the complete recorded formulation and Method can reach its intended endpoints and produce the following finished dish: Cool, tangy finishing sauce for tacos, nachos, and grilled food. This is not a hypothesis documented before historical cooking and is not itself an observed outcome.

Procedure

This record was written on 2026-10-02 from Carlo Kruger’s retrospective report on that date. Historical cooking dates and trial counts were not recorded. The exact whole Recipe Version is Crème Fraîche Lime Crema v1. Its preserved source is recipes-tmp/creme-fraiche-lime-crema.md with SHA-256 c177dfe24d6818c04ba80029c6c066ea3896ca31241dbb1210d14ea773124a63. The serialized draft SHA-256 is 046024080a009df4e5892f776ccf08ecd07c9456bfac3f9a4eb4c9aea66ea77c. The complete formulation and work sequence below are the recorded specification, not newly observed timings, temperatures or yields. Correspondence to past cooking is attributed to Carlo’s statement that the recipes as recorded were fully tested. The historical reconstruction caveats remain in the unchanged source; Carlo’s 2026-10-02 acceptance applies to this formulation and the packet’s explicit clarifications.

PHASE A — MIX

Ingredient Uses

Key	Ingredient	Quantity	Scaling	Use
cr-me-fra-che	Crème fraîche	250 g	100.00%	Crème fraîche.
lime-juice	Lime juice	35 g	14.00%	Lime juice.
lime-zest	Lime zest	2 g	0.80%	Lime zest.
water	Water	30 g	12.00%	Water.
fine-salt	Fine salt	3 g	1.20%	Fine salt.
garlic-finely-grated	Garlic, finely grated	2 g	0.80%	Garlic, finely grated.
ground-cumin	Ground cumin	1 g	0.40%	Ground cumin.

Method

1. Whisk crème fraîche until smooth.
2. Whisk in lime juice, zest, water, salt, garlic, and cumin.
3. Rest under refrigeration for 20 min.
4. Adjust with 5 g–15 g water to reach a spoonable or squeezable consistency.

Lime acidity varies, so add the final 10 g juice to taste. Keeps refrigerated for up to 3 days.

Results

Carlo retrospectively reported that the recipes as recorded were all successful and fully tested, and approved this whole formulation for production. No further Recipe-specific observations were supplied. Cooking dates, trial counts, detailed tasting notes and instrument measurements were not supplied. Source yields are estimates, not measured results of this retrospective record. Recorded alternatives have no separate variation-specific testing observations in this report.

Decision

Carlo accepted the formulation as recorded, including the explicit reviewed clarifications, for production in the complete 25-Recipe batch on 2026-10-02. Proceed to normal exact-version Promotion after valid serialization, applicable Curation and reference resolution. Technical validation does not perform that human acceptance. A materially changed formulation needs its own exact-version evidence and acceptance; this report does not automatically follow future changes.