How to Make Classic Vanilla Pastry Cream

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Here's a classic vanilla bean pastry cream recipe. Click 'SHOW MORE' for recipe ingredients and baking guide. Recipe makes about 1 ½ cups Ingredients 1 cup 2% milk ½ vanilla bean or 1 ½ tsp vanilla bean paste 3 large egg yolks 3 Tbsp sugar 2 Tbsp cornstarch 2 Tbsp unsalted butter, cut into pieces. Baking Method: Heat the milk with the scraped seeds of the vanilla bean or the vanilla bean paste until just below a simmer. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg yolks, sugar and cornstarch. Ready a bowl with the butter, placing a strainer on top of it. Gradually whisk the hot milk into egg mixture and then return it all to the pot. Whisk this constantly (switching to a spatula now and again, to get into the corners) over medium heat until thickened and glossy, about 2 minutes. Pour this immediately through the strainer, whisking it through if needed, and stir in the butter. Place a piece of plastic wrap directly over the surface of the custard, cool to room temperature and then chill completely until ready to use. The pastry cream will keep up to 4 days refrigerated. Subscribe for more video recipes: http://goo.gl/MJV4af Shop Anna Olson Cookbooks: - http://lickst.at/shopannaolson - Follow Anna on social media: Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/chefannaolson Twitter: https://twitter.com/olson_anna Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chefannaolson Instagram: https://instagram.com/chefannaolson Anna's Official Website: http://annaolson.ca - Follow Oh Yum on... Facebook: https://facebook.com/ohyumfood Instagram: https://instagram.com/ohyumfood Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/ohyumfood Twitter: https://twitter.com/ohyum_food Official Oh Yum Website: https://ohyum.tv