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How to Make Pastry Cream (Crème Pâtissière Recipe)
Ingredients
  • 2 cups (455g) whole milk
  • 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped (see note)
  • 4 ounces granulated sugar (½ cup; 115 g), plain or  toasted
  • 1 ounce (3 tablespoons; 30 g) cornstarch
  • ¼ teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for table salt, use half as much by volume
  • Yolks from 4 large eggs, straight from the fridge (2 ½ ounces; 70g)
  • 1 ounce unsalted butter (2 tablespoons; 30 g), cut into ½-inch cubes
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