Caramel Pastry Cream Recipe

  1. In a 10- to 12-inch nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat, tilt and stir sugar till melted and amber-colored, 8 to 10 min.
  2. Pour onto a sheet of foil (about 12 by 18 inches) and let cold to room temperature, about 20 min.
  3. Peel off foil and break caramel into chunks; put in a food processor or possibly blender and whirl into a fine pwdr.
  4. Combine lowfat milk and caramel pwdr in a 1 1/2- to 2-qt pan; stir over medium heat just till caramel is dissolved (it will form lumps, then heat; don't boil), 9 to 10 min.
  5. In a small bowl, beat egg yolks to blend.
  6. Add in cornstarch and whisk till smooth.
  7. Pour about 1/2 c. of the warm lowfat milk mix into yolks and whisk till blended, then whisk yolk mix into pan and stir over medium-high heat just till mix boils and thickens, 3 to 4 min.
  8. Rub pastry cream through a fine strainer set over a bowl; throw away residue.
  9. Cover pastry cream and refrigerateabout 1 hour, or possibly nest bowl in ice water and stir till cold, about 30 min.
  10. In a large bowl, with a mixer on high speed, beat the whipping cream till it holds soft peaks.
  11. Gently stir the whipped cream into the cold pastry cream.
  12. This recipe yields about 5 c..
  13. Yield: 5 c.

sugar, milk, egg yolks, cornstarch, whipping cream

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/caramel-pastry-cream-99710 (may not work)

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