EASY HOMEMADE VANILLA BEAN PASTRY CREAM

This Easy Homemade Vanilla Bean Pastry Cream is the perfect simple recipe for homemade creme patisserie, a french-style custard or pastry cream made with real vanilla beans!

This Easy Homemade Vanilla Bean Pastry Cream is a recipe I’ve been making for years and years! It’s is SO good and not at all one of those scary recipes that should be left to the professionals – it’s easy, straightforward, and with a few simple tips and tricks you’ll be well on your way to making your own creme patisserie or pastry cream, as we say in English, at home. It’s the perfect recipe to fill cakes, tarts, serve over ice cream or in a trifle, or even parfaits! And making it with real vanilla beans just takes it over the top with those gorgeous vanilla bean seeds…it’s as pretty as it is delicious!

And if you’re looking for a recipe to use up all those egg whites left over after making this Easy Homemade Vanilla Bean Pastry Cream, this Easy No Fail Angel Food Cake recipe is SO great. And it’s even a delicious cake to serve with a dollop of this Easy Homemade Vanilla Bean Pastry Cream and some fresh fruit!

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole milk (3% or higher)
• 2 vanilla beans
• 6 egg yolks, at room temperature
• 6 tablespoons white sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter

Instructions

1. Add the whole milk to a small pot over medium heat.
2. Scrape the seeds out of the vanilla beans and add the seeds to the milk. Toss in the vanilla bean pods too, as they help infuse the milk with more vanilla flavour.
3. When the milk heats to a low simmer, reduce the heat to low.
4. In a medium heat-safe bowl (use a pyrex bowl for best results) add the egg yolks, sugar, and cornstarch. Whisk vigorously to combine until the mixture begins to turn slightly pale and is very smooth.
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