Vanilla-Scented Almond Cream

Name: Vanilla-Scented Almond Cream
Ingredients: 5 oz. (150 g) almond paste; 2 eggs; 1 vanilla bean; 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon (2 ⅔ oz./75 g) butter, softened; 1 tablespoon (⅓ oz./10 g) cornstarch; ¼ cup (⅔ oz./20 g) ground almonds; 2 ⅔ oz. (75 g) vanilla pastry cream

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Encyclopedia of Chocolate

By Frédéric Bau and École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona

Published 2017

About

This is the recipe traditionally used in the galette des rois, the Kings’ cake eaten for Twelfth Night, and the pithiviers.

Ingredients

5 oz. (150 g) almond paste
2 eggs

Dessert
Vegetarian
Microwave

Method

Soften the almond paste slightly in the oven or in the microwave (on “defrost” or at 500 W, stirring from time to time). Then incorporate the eggs into the almond paste one by one (1), mixing well each time.

Slit the vanilla bean lengthways and scrape out the s