Caramel Pastry Cream

Name: Caramel Pastry Cream
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters cornstarch; 4 larges egg yolks; 631 milliliters milk; 355 milliliters sugar; 355 milliliters whipping cream

Caramel Pastry Cream requires roughly 45 minutes from start to finish. Watching your figure? This gluten free and vegetarian recipe has 629 calories, 8g of protein, and 34g of fat per serving. For 87 cents per serving, you get a side dish that serves 5. 1 person found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. A mixture of cornstarch, sugar, whipping cream, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful.

Instructions

In a 10- to 12-inch nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat, tilt and stir sugar until melted and amber-colored, 8 to 10 minutes.

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Sugar

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Frying Pan

Pour onto a sheet of foil (about 12 by 18 in.) and let cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes. Peel off foil and break caramel into chunks; put in a food processor or blender and whirl into a fine powder.

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Caramel

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Food Processor

Blender

Aluminum Foil

Combine milk and caramel powder in a 1 1/2- to 2-quart pan; stir over medium heat just until caramel is dissolved (it will form lumps, then melt; do not boil), 9 to 10 minutes.

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Caramel

Milk

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Frying Pan

In a small bowl, beat egg yolks to blend.

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Egg Yolk

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Bowl

Add cornstarch and whisk until smooth.

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Corn Starch

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Whisk

Pour about 1/2 cup of the hot milk mixture into yolks and whisk until blended, then whisk yolk mixture into pan and stir over medium-high heat just until mixture boils and thickens, 3 to 4 minutes.

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Egg Yolk

Milk

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Whisk

Frying Pan

Rub pastry cream through a fine strainer set over a bowl; discard residue. Cover pastry cream and chill about 1 hour, or nest bowl in ice water and stir until cool, about 30 minutes.

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Pastry Cream

Water

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Sieve

Bowl

In a large bowl, with a mixer on high speed, beat the whipping cream until it holds soft peaks. Gently stir the whipped cream into the cool pastry cream.

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Whipping Cream