PERFECT Pastry Cream Recipe | Best Custard Cream

Today, I am sharing how to make pastry cream from scratch! Some might call it custard, custard cream, crème pâtissière, French pastry cream, etc. We need to know how to make pastry cream from scratch to be able to make so many types of desserts such as fraisier, cream puff, eclairs, fruit custard tart, or cream such as a creme diplomat, creme mousseline, etc!

I explain the steps in detail so you can also make your own perfect pastry cream at home. Follow the steps exactly to make the super creamy & shiny pastry cream.

📌 The Ingredients to make pastry cream:
Whole Milk: 400 g | 14.1oz (1 2/3 US cups)
Vanilla Beans: 1/2 stick * Updated
Granulated Sugar: 100 g | 3.5 oz (1/2 US cup) * Updated
Egg Yolks: 4
Corn Starch: 20 g | 0.7oz (2.5 Tbsp) * Leven the surface.
All-purpose flour: 20 g | 0.7 oz (2.5 Tbsp)
Salt: A pinch
Butter (Unsalted): 30g | 1oz (2 Tbsp)

📖 Printable Recipe + Written Steps

📌 The tart crust I used today:

📌 The tools/ingredients I used/mentioned today:
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[PastryLivingwithAya]

Hope you enjoyed! Don't forget your flours! That's my BIGGEST advice... ;))

[ema]

I love your important and side conversations about what you make, I feel like we share the same passion for sweets, big love from the Arab countries ♥️🇸🇦

[MariaMales-kb]

Hi Aya, I know that I am a few years late but I was researching recipes for a great custard and found yours. I have seen you on pastry so I know that I can rely on your custard. Many thanks for being so thorough with your recipes and so much fun to watch and listen to, no gimmick music, no unnecessary anything. Again, thank you so much for the effort you put in your work
🌷🍰🌷 Maria 🇬🇧

[CassandraHindwood]

Aya I absolutely adore when you talk about anything and how you’re face just lights up and you’re excitement is contagious and it’s from your passion I am a very studious student of your pastry class 101 thank you 🙏 darlin Aussie gal is in the kitchen trying to find a way to cut down on the amount of dirty dishes bowls spoons spatulas omg it’s never ending lol 😂

[bonitameredith]

I followed your Instructions exactly and my French cream or custard turned out PERFECT I was a little nervous because I have never made this in my life but you kept it so down to earth it gave me confidence. Thank you very much.

[sucredulce]

I made it. It is just amazing. I didnt have the real deal vanilla bean but it was soo good. I ordered the vanilla to see how it goes. I used it on a mille feuille that turned out amazing. Thank youuuu

[SergioPabla]

Using a blender at the end is an actual procedure taught even in culinary schools at high levels. Just a tip for everyone: use a combo of half corn starch and half rice starch ( not rice flour, it must be rice starch!!) . Corn starch gives the cream it's firmness, and the rice starch gives it a creamy texture. Thank me later 😎🇮🇹❤

[monicasmith]

Hi Aya I made your pastry cream for my birthday this weekend. I made a version with lemon to go in my delizie al limone cake and it came out beautiful. My husband is a huge pastry cream lover and he said this was by far the best pastry cream I ever made! Success :-) :-) :-) Thank you so much for this recipe and for all of your hard work making these videos for us to enjoy! Keep up the good work :-)

[salbeis]

I tried it today and i wish i found it before it is the best the taste the consistency not too sweet perfect, thank you .

[bella]

my first time making pastry cream turned out so well thanks to you!! I was worried I wouldn’t be able to tell when the flours were cooked and the cream got loose but it was actually noticeable ☺️ the comparison videos were really helpful, thanks again!

[marisoladvincula]

The best custard recipe I’ve watched so far...Tips are truly helpful.
Thank you and God bless.

[wilburwb]

I would love to see a video comparing the two different versions: cornstarch vs flour! I'm really enjoying your videos Aya! You're awesome!

[wandamiller]

I tried your recipe today, it was awesome I loved the idea of using the hand blender at the end. Thank you.

[MrMusickey]

Immersion blenders are game changers for anything that needs emulsifying like creme pat., ganaches etc. It gives that professional patissier mouthfeel

[markbeck]

Thanks so much for this. I wanted to make cream puffs like my grandmother used to make for me, and the pastry cream was the part I was most scared of getting right. Wish me luck.

[andreatuccio]

Amazing tutorial. It’s inspired me as a beginner to give it a go. We’ll be having custard cream with everything for the next month. 🤣

[audreyliu]

Thank you for the really easy to follow recipe and helpful tips! I followed your tutorial and the pastry cream turned out really shiny and smooth. It was a bit sweet for me though (just personal preference). I think next time I would either use just 80g, or even half the sugar!

[philomenawhitehead]

What a great tutorial and the creme looks so lovely. I'm going to ask my husband to watch your tutorial so he can make some to try in profiteroles instead of fresh cream, which I think will be great. You have taken a lot of the mystique out of it.

[RyanBergunio]

I like the extra step with the hand blender. I think i like it without the flour; with cornstarch and butter makes it perfect as it set in the refrigerator. Nicely done!

[bairuta]

Success! Finally my pastry cream is not burned and smooth! Thank you so much! ❤️