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Today we bring you a recipe that will delight the sweet tooth. This is the diplomatic cream, a basic recipe in pastry that is achieved by preparing a pastry cream and a whipped cream. The result is a dessert of the most succulent and sweet, which will delight fans of this type of dishes. Are you one of this team? Take note of the steps to follow.
Recipe of diplomatic cream
Ingredients:
- 500 ml milk
- 75 g sugar
- A pinch of salt
- 60 g cornstarch
- 15 ml vanilla extract
- 6 large egg yolks
- 6 g powdered gelatin
- 200 g whipping cream
Preparation:
- Heat the milk in a saucepan to bring it to a boil.
- Meanwhile, in another bowl, beat the egg yolks and add the sugar and continue beating vigorously. Add the cornstarch and continue stirring until you get a homogeneous mixture.
- When you remove the milk from the heat, add half of the milk to the bowl of eggs and stir well while adding the rest of the milk, stirring constantly.
- Then, bring the cream to a boil, stirring constantly, for a couple of minutes. Remove from the heat.
- Next, hydrate the gelatin and add to the cream while it is boiling.
- Transfer the cream to a chilled container. You can seal the surface with clarified melted butter. Finally, cover the container with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator.
- To prepare the whipped cream, whip the cream in another bowl.
- When the pastry cream is cold, mix the two creams, gently adding the cream.
- And now you will have the diplomatic cream ready to taste.