Pastry Cream

Preparation info
  • About

    3 cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

  • About

Ingredients

  • cup sugar
  • tablespoons cornstarch or 6 tablespoons

Method

  1. Mix the sugar, cornstarch and salt in a bowl. Pour the hot milk over the mixture, stirring constantly. Place in the top part of a double boiler and cook over low heat, stirring, until the mixture thickens. Cover and cook for ten minutes longer.

  2. Stir a little of the hot mixture into the egg yolks. Add to the remaining mixture in the pan and cook over hot