This is a request for the chocolate pastry cream and this is one of the best chocolate pastry cream I've ever tried...by Pierre Herme.
Ingredients:
500 gm. milk
4 large egg yolks
75 gm. sugar
3 Tbsp. cornflour - sifted
200 gm. bittersweet chocolate, preferably Varlhorna Guanaja - melted
2 1/2 Tbsp. unsalted butter at room temperature
Method:
(1) In a small saucepan, bring the milk to boil. Meanwhile whisk the egg yolks with sugar and cornflour in another saucepan.
(2) Very slowly drizzle the hot milk into the yolks mixture and keep stirring. Pour the rest of the liquid in a steady stream into the yolks mixture. Strain the mixture.
(3) Bring the mixture to boil - whisking energetically. Still over heat, stir in chocolate then remove from the heat and scrape the pastry into a small bowl. Stir in butter.
(4) Set the bowl into the ice-water bath and stirring frequently so that mixture remains smooth, cool the pastry cream .
21 comments:
hi aunty~!
i was just wondering if the cream u used to fill the eclairs is chocolate pastry cream.. if it is, could u share the recipe pls? if it is a secret, its okay with me.. hehehes.. =)
i tried making a choc pastry cream for my previous attempt and it flopped... it didnt become a cream at all!!! it just stayed liquid.. urgh.. do help me out, if you could =)
thanks~!
This pastry cream recipe looks good but just a note for those who are a bit clumsy,like me!! I find that using a double boiler makes sure that your cream will never burn or curdle...takes a while longer but at least you can control the heat... =)
Hi Aunty
Your bakes always leave me drooling :p
Btw, pls advise where to get chocolate..
Hi Kate,
For Varlhorna chocolate, go to Sun Lik. They have many brands of good cooking chocolate.
Supermarkets like Giant or Carrefour do have cooking chocolate too.
rgds
Thanks Stef...for the tips.
rgds
Hi aunty,
how much is 1 tbsp of butter?
thanks,
angeline
Angeline, 1 Tbsp. of butter is roughly about 15 gm.
rgds
thanks aunty and stef for the recipe and the advice respectively!!! =)
Hi aunty, can I prepare this pastry cream in advance? Thanks
Yes bernice,
This pastry cream can last at least 3 days.
rgds
hi aunty lucy, i tried making this cream today but it stays watery and a bit thick but not thick or creamy enough to hold as a pastry cream.
How is the consistency of the cream should be? Do i have to whip till it look like the "hoon kueh" very thick texture.
Now that i have add all the chocolate and butter and its still watery, do u think the mixture can be safe if i double boil again and continue whipping again.
Or should i place in the fridge to harden it?
thanks
Hi sue,
this recipe is by Pierre Herme - chocolate dessert book.
I followed the recipe and it was really good and smooth. If your cream turn watery, try adding some cornflour , stir and cook over low heat till thicken then chill it before using.
rgds
aunty lucy , i chill it but but it still would not hold its shape. I will try to add more cornflour in the future.
I'm not sure bout this step 3) Bring the mixture to boil - whisking energetically.
What actually happens in this stage? Will the mixture turns very thick paste and hard to whisk? Because at this stage for me it was still watery and it was easy for me to whisk and then i add the cho n butter. So in the end mine cream looks like a thick ganashe instead. I think my mistake is at this 3 stage!
thanks
Hi aunty, I made this pastry cream this morning and it's yummy!!! The only thing I can complain is I find it very tedious to keep whisking but it's definitely worth the effort!!! Thanks for sharing this recipe!!!
Hi Bernice,
I think the same as you....don't mind the whisking as long as it taste delicious.
rgds
Aunty,
I tried this recipe and bring them for my friends and they all love it so much. These eclairs are super super delicious. Thank You for sharing this recipe with all of us.
Thank You and GBU
Racheline
Hi aunty Yochana
This is only the cream filling, right ? That means I will use the choux pastry recipe from the choco cheese eclairs ?
Next, yr step 1), in separate saucepan, WHISK the yolk,sugar and cornflr, can I stir hard like creaming method or I need a elect whisk ?
Sorry to ask so much as I only started to get interested in baking recently after viewing yr all yr lovely recipes...
Hi mscake,
Yes this is only the pastry cream. It's a filling for the eclairs.
Use a hand whisk , stir vigorously when pour in the hot liquid or use a hand held electric whisk, both works as well.
rgds
Hi Aunty Lucy,
I ended up with a lot of extra choc cream using this recipe today. I understand it can last 3 days? Would i be able to freeze it and use it as choc ganache when i next bake a choc cake? It's like so wasteful to have to throw out the extra cream after 3 days. Please help advise. Thanks n regards. Chris
HI Chris,
You can use it to sandwich cakes or use it as a filling for buns but your cakes and buns must be already baked.
rgds
Hi yochana,
how much pastry cream would this recipe make?
Thanks for your time,
Astri =)
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