pastry cream
Britishnoun
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THE RECIPE: The pie, while multipartite in construction, keeps the ingredients simple and pure: lots of butter for the crust, rich dairy throughout, real vanilla bean in the pastry cream.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2023
In regular éclairs and cream puffs, the dough rises in the oven, dries out, and forms a hollow pocket inside that can be filled with pastry cream or whipped cream or sweetened cream cheese.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2022
But I loved the pain aux raisins, an escargot-shaped brioche pastry made the traditional French way, loaded with raisins, kept soft and nice by a subtle amount of pastry cream.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2019
This fluffy frozen confection, layered with fruit syrup and condensed milk or pastry cream, is the feature at this intimate new dessert cafe.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2019
His trembling hands whipped pastry cream as light as a shroud.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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