General pastry cream

Krema zaharoplastikis

Ingredients

  • 2 cups milk
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • vanilla or lemon zest or orange zest (depending on what you want to combine)
  • 1 tablespoon butter

Method

  1. In a saucepan boil the milk and keep it hot.
  2. In a bowl mix the egg yolks, the flour, the cornstarch, the sugar, put then in a clean saucepan and slowly add the hot milk and stir.
  3. When you add all the milk, cook over low heat until it thickens.
  4. Finally add the flavor of our choice and the butter and mix.
  5. Pour the mixture into a bowl and cover the surface with plastic film so it does not make a crust and let it cool.
Tips:

If you want to make a fluffy cream, do not add the butter at the end and when it cools add 1 cup of whipped cream and stir.