Crème Pâtissière

Pastry Cream

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      15 min

Appears in

By Stéphane Reynaud

Published 2008

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Ingredients

  • Milk 1 L
  • Eggs 2
  • Egg yolks 4

Method

  1. Whisk the whole eggs with the yolks and the sugar until the mixture becomes pale and thick. Add the sifted flour and mix well.
  2. Bring the milk to the boil with the butter, and pour over the egg-sugar-flour mixture. Pour everything into a heavy-based saucepan, cook gently over a low heat for 10 minutes, then dust with sugar and chill.
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