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pastry cream

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noun

  1. Also called: pastry custard. a creamy custard, often flavoured, used as a filling for éclairs, flans, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

We are happy with the gift, a cloud of pastry cream flavored by orange blossom water sporting a crown of shredded phyllo and a ruby garnish of rose blossom jam.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022

For anything savory, any bread, anything with fruit or nuts or pastry cream, pause for a moment while you bite, then chew, and experience a glimmer of gluten-based enlightenment.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022

You're going to layer it with pastry cream, top with another square of choux, and cover the whole thing in chocolate ganache.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2022

His trembling hands whipped pastry cream as light as a shroud.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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