Pastry Cream
Amount
2 gal 
4 lb 
1 oz 
tt 
1 1/2 qt 
1 1/4 lb 
1 lb 
Ingredient
milk
sugar
salt
vanilla
pasteurized egg yolks
cornstarch
butter

Method

  1. Heat milk, sugar, salt, and van. to boil. Let it rise.
  2. Whip yolks and cornstarch till light and frothy.
  3. While whipping, add hot milk to eggs. Scrape well and add back to milk while stirring vigorously.
  4. Heat pastry cream until it boils, while stirring constantly.
  5. Remove from heat, stir in butter.
  6. pour into hotel pans, cover directly with film and chill.


Variations:
Rice Pudding:

  1. Soak and drain cooked rice.
  2. Add rice cinnamon, 1+ boxes golden raisins, cranberries, and 1 qt. cream for deep hotel pan.
Coconut Cream Pie:
  1. Add a little toasted coconut flakes to pastry cream. Place in precooked
  2. pie shell so all the way to the sides.
  3. Refrigerate.


Makes 1 1/2 deep hotel pans.

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