Pastry Cream, Creme Patisserie
This basic pastry cream recipe is the base for filling many pastries, pies, cakes, and tarts. Pastry cream can be flavored in a variety of ways, is an incredibly versatile dessert component, and is also the base for making sweet souffles!
- Time: 25 min
- Servings: 3
Source: Baker Bettie
Ingredients
- grams granulated sugar
- grams egg yolks
- grams cornstarch
- teaspoon kosher salt
- grams whole milk
- teaspoons vanilla extract or vanilla paste
- grams unsalted butter, cut into small pieces