Pastry Cream

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons flour
1 cup light cream or milk
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/8 cup sugar
4 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Combine flour with 1/4 cup cream. Stir until smooth. Gradually add the remaining 3/4 cup cream. Place in a heavy saucepan. Stir in salt and sugar. Cook over medium heat, stirring until mixture becomes as thick as a medium white sauce.

Stir a little of the hot sauce into egg yolks. Then pour egg yolks into saucepan, stirring briskly. Return pan to low heat for a few minutes to thicken a little more, continuing to stir. Be careful not to let the sauce boil. Remove from heat. Add vanilla. Cool as quickly as possible.

In order to prevent a skin from forming on top of thick pastry while it is cooling, melted butter may be brushed over it. Stir pastry cream before using.

 

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