Vanilla Pastry Cream

Name: Vanilla Pastry Cream
Prep time: 22 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: Makes: 950 g (2 lb 2 oz)
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 40 g (1½ oz) plain (all-purpose) flour; 160 g (5¾ oz) egg yolks, at room temperature; seeds from 2 vanilla pods (see Glossary); 600 g (1 lb5 oz) milk (3.5% fat content); 40 g (1½ oz) cornflour (cornstarch) (see Glossary); 40 g (1½ oz) cornflour (cornstarch) (see Glossary); 120 g (4¼ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 30 g (1 oz) whole egg, at room temperature

Preparation info

Makes:
950 g

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

Sweet Studio

By Darren Purchese

Published 2012

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This recipe acts as a base cream and can be flavoured with nut pastes, essences, fruit purées and alcohols for a variety of uses.

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Oceania
Australia
Dessert
Vegetarian

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