pastry cream

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noun

a creamy custard, often flavoured, used as a filling for éclairs, flans, etcAlso called: pastry custard

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How to use pastry cream in a sentence

But Huckabee (akin to Elizabeth Warren on the left) is like an ice cream sundae.
The Devil in Mike Huckabee|Dean Obeidallah|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I will turn my nose up when you offer me the rest of some delicious pastry that you nibbled on.
Why My Norovirus Panic Makes Me Sick|Lizzie Crocker|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Serve with the warm sauce and your choice of ice cream, whipped cream, or yogurt.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

On one summer lunch hour, Donna Ann Levonuk, 50, lifted a tub of diaper cream priced at $43.98—and then stashed it in her purse.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They had been permitted to sit up till after the ice-cream, which naturally marked the limit of human indulgence.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
"I have had a letter from your friend," she remarked, as she poured a little cream into Edna's cup and handed it to her.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
He had "taken the cream" out of those old law-books, if studying them could do it, for he had been at them pretty often of late.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
At the old Rosewater dances we never had anything but cake and lemonade—ice-cream in very hot weather.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
The pastry and puddings come next in order, and these, too, are better served from a side table.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley