How to Make Classic Vanilla Pastry Cream

Here's a classic vanilla bean pastry cream recipe. Click 'SHOW MORE' for recipe ingredients and baking guide.

Recipe makes about 1 ½ cups

Ingredients
1 cup 2% milk
½ vanilla bean or 1 ½ tsp vanilla bean paste
3 large egg yolks
3 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp cornstarch
2 Tbsp unsalted butter, cut into pieces.

Baking Method:
Heat the milk with the scraped seeds of the vanilla bean or the vanilla bean paste until just below a simmer.

In a separate bowl, whisk the egg yolks, sugar and cornstarch. Ready a bowl with the butter, placing a strainer on top of it.

Gradually whisk the hot milk into egg mixture and then return it all to the pot. Whisk this constantly (switching to a spatula now and again, to get into the corners) over medium heat until thickened and glossy, about 2 minutes. Pour this immediately through the strainer, whisking it through if needed, and stir in the butter.

Place a piece of plastic wrap directly over the surface of the custard, cool to room temperature and then chill completely until ready to use.
The pastry cream will keep up to 4 days refrigerated.

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[arpansarkar]

Tried and tasted, this is one of the best pastry cream I have ever had. Thank you Anna!

[connieoj]

One of the best cream i've seen an tasted is silky and smooth, also is so rich and my favoorite part it doesn't thickens ass it chills, it stays as a creama anad and not an ugly kind of jello, jikes. LOVE THIS RECIPE

[Elizabeth-cjcn]

This is the only pastry cream recipe I’ve ever made & it’s so good. Instead of regular corn starch I use maizena which is flavored corn starch used to make atole, a Mexican drink. It enhances the flavor if you’re only using vanilla extract. Also I tried strawberry maizena today & the pastry cream was delicious! Highly recommend this recipe

[Stavros_Meggos]

cups converted into grams, for us, the european guys 'n girls!! So..


240gr Milk
½ vanilla bean or 1 ½ tsp vanilla bean paste
3 large egg yolks
40gr sugar
16gr cornstarch
30gr unsalted butter, cut into pieces.

[juliezeit]

Made this for the first time ever and I succeeded! It was super easy to follow the instructions! Thank you very much for your work and this taste great!!!

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I just did a custard by follow your recipe and it's really good ! This is my 1st trial and i nail it! I thanks anna. I've been watching your show since i'm 14 and now im 24

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Lovely well presented and done in a realistic time can't wait to try it

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Thank u for sharing. I enjoy watching you so clear instructions. I will make that soon.. God bless and keep uploading.. can you please make blueberry cheese cake in 9inch pan please thanks

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