Coffee Pastry Cream *

Name: Coffee Pastry Cream * (Crème Pâtissière Café du Guatemala)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: Makes 1 lb. 2 oz. (500 g)
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Scant 2 cups (440 ml) whole milk, divided; Scant ⅓ cup (2 oz./60 g) sugar; 4 egg yolks (scant ⅓ cup/80 g); ⅓ cup (1 oz./30 g) ground coffee, preferably Guatemalan; 1 tbsp (15 g) butter, diced; 1½ tbsp (12 g) AP flour; 1 tbsp + 1 scant tsp (12 g) cornstarch

Crème Pâtissière Café du Guatemala

Preparation info

Makes
1 lb

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 20

Appears in

French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

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Ingredients

Scant 2 cups (440 ml) whole milk, divided
⅓ cup (1

Europe
France
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Bring ½ cup (125 ml) of the milk to a simmer in a large saucepan. Remove from the heat, stir in the ground coffee, cover, and let infuse for 1 hour.
Strain through a fine-