Homemade Dairy Pastry Cream
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups whole milk
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup flour
- 4 egg yolks
- 6 tbsp heavy cream
Instructions
- Add milk to a small saucepan. Scald over medium-high heat (until small bubbles appear at the edges).
- Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, whisk together sugar, flour, and egg yolks until you have a thick paste.
- Slowly pour the hot milk into the egg mixture, whisking the whole time.
- Return the whole mixture to the pan over the fire, whisking the entire time. Stop mixing every few seconds to see if mixture has come to a boil. Once mixture is boiling, whisk 10 more seconds. The cream should be thick at this point.
- Pour the cream through a fine sieve to get rid of any possible lumps. Place in a storage container or bowl and cover with plastic wrap. The plastic should be touching the surface of the cream so no skin forms. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.
- Once ready to fill donuts, whip the heavy cream to stiff peaks and fold into pastry cream.
