Pastry Cream

Name: Pastry Cream
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 2 cup whole milk; 1 whole vanilla bean; 6 large egg yolks; 0.67 cup granulated sugar; ¼ cup cornstarch; ¼ tsp table salt; 2 Tbs unsalted butter

👥 8 servings

🗣️ English (detected)

category: Custards & Puddings

counters: Bakery

aka: crème pâtissière, creme patissiere, custard filling, confectioner's custard

slack: narrow — two minutes at an actual boil or the starch never sets, and thirty seconds past that it catches and tastes scorched through

step: strain, then chill 2 hr

#custard #vanilla #filling #stovetop #make-ahead

From: John Chen's Tabular Recipes

🥘 Ingredients

whole milk 2 cup
vanilla bean 1 whole
egg yolks 6 large
granulated sugar 0.67 cup
cornstarch ¼ cup
table salt ¼ tsp
unsalted butter 2 Tbs

🍳 Cookware

saucepan

1

Heat whole milk , vanilla bean in a saucepan until steaming.
2

Whisk egg yolks , granulated sugar , cornstarch , table salt until smooth.
3

Temper @&( timer with @&( timer .
4

Cook @&( timer over medium, whisking hard, until it boils and thickens, about 2 min .
5

Beat unsalted butter into @&( timer .
6

Strain @&( timer into a bowl, press plastic wrap onto the surface, and chill for 2 hr .

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