Name: “Pineapple Chop”
Yield: Makes 8 Servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: ⅓ cup plus ½ cup all-purpose flour; 3 large egg yolks; Small pinch of salt; 1 cup milk; ¼ cup sugar; ⅓ cup sugar; ½ cup panko (Japanese bread crumbs, see Sources) or dried bread crumbs, finely ground in a blender and sifted through a strainer; ½ cup milk; ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract; 6 tablespoons (3 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) unsalted butter; 1 vanilla bean, split; 1 ripe pineapple; Canola oil for deep-frying; ½ cup crème fraîche, whipped

Preparation info

Makes
8
Servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The French Laundry Cookbook

By Thomas Keller

Published 1999

About

Ingredients

Fried Pastry Cream

1 cup milk
¼ cup sugar
⅓ cup

Method

For the Pastry Cream

Line a small loaf pan (6 to 7 inches by 3 inches, measured across the bottom) with plastic wrap. Whisk the milk, sugar, ⅓ cup of the flour, the egg yolks, and salt together in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, whisking constantly until the mixture thickens. Continue cooking for another 2 to 3 minutes, to cook the flour completely. Add