Pastry Cream

Almond Pastry Cream

Almond Pastry Cream is a sweet pastry cream flavoured with blanched, finely-ground almonds (as in almond flour, not almond meal.) It can be used either as a topping or filling. In the classic French version, you make it by flavouring pastry cream (crème pâtissière) with crème d’amandes, combining equal portions of each. Some recipes may…

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Pastry Cream

Pastry cream is basically custard whose thickening has been aided with flour and/or starch. The the egg yolk in the custard does most of the thickening, though the starch does help out, too. It is a basic component in many French and Italian desserts. It in can be used as a layer between cakes, or…

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Pastry Cream

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