Simple Pastry Cream
Use this basic pastry cream to fill all kinds of cream puffs, layer cakes, and eclairs.
Yield: makes About 4 cups
Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 9 egg yolks
- 6 tbsp. cornstarch
- 6 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 4 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 cups milk
Instructions
- Whisk sugar, yolks, and cornstarch in a medium saucepan until smooth. Add butter, vanilla, and milk; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook, stirring, until custard is thick, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour through a mesh strainer into a bowl; cover surface with plastic wrap. Chill completely.
