Simple Pastry Cream

Serves
makes About 4 cups
Time
30 minutes

FARIDEH SADEGHIN

By SAVEUR Editors

Published on March 10, 2016

Classic Eclairs

Use this basic pastry cream to fill all kinds of cream puffs, layer cakes, and eclairs.

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
9 egg yolks
6 tbsp. cornstarch
6 tbsp. unsalted butter
4 tsp. vanilla extract
3 cups milk

Instructions

Step 1

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.

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.