How to Make the Famous Italian Custard (Pastry Cream)

Custard is a very tasty and delicious dessert. It always looks delicious with other desserts and also without anything else. We can use custard in many ways such as in filling of cake, puff pastry, sponge cakes and cream puffs. To cook custard, you only need some ingredients like milk, sugar, flour and eggs.

CONTENT OF RECIPE

Ingredients / Ingredienti	4 Cups Milk 1 ¼ Cups Sugar 1 Piece Orange Peel 6 Egg Yolks 1/2 Cup of  Cake Flour or (1/3 Cup of Corn Starch) Salt Vanilla Essence
Cooking Time / Tempo di cottura	10-15 Minutes
Cooking Temperature / Temperatura di cottura	203°F ~ 95°C
Utensils / Utensili	Bowl Saucepan Pan Plastic or Wax Wrap
Cooking Method / Metodo di cottura	Stove

METHOD

Step 1: Pour milk in the saucepan with orange peel and salt. Heat them together at low flame on a stove.

Step 2: Now in another pan, take the flour or cornstarch with sugar then add eggs one by one and whisk well.

Step 3: When milk gets warm, add a cup to the bowl and frequently mix it to avoid lumping. After that, add this mixture in the saucepan of milk.

Step 4: Frequently, stir it for 1 minute until it becomes thick, smooth and start bubbling.

Step 5: Now turn off the heat and add vanilla in it. Discard the orange peel. And pour this custard mixture in a bowl.

Step 6: Cover the bowl with plastic or wax wrap and refrigerate it for a few hours before serving.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is Italian custard made of?

Italian custard contains milk, sugar, orange peel, egg yolks, cake flour, corn starch, salt and Vanilla essence.

What is Italian cream made of?

It is made up of milk, sugar, egg yolks, cake flour and Vanilla essence.

What’s the difference between pastry cream and custard?

Cornstarch or flour is used in pastry cream thus it is too thicker than normal custard because for it there is a use of eggs thus its consistency is much lighter and silkier.

What are the different types of pastry cream?

• Extra thick single cream
• Flavored creams
• Goat's milk double cream
• Channel Island extra thick double cream
• Chantilly cream
• Clotted cream
• Double cream

What are the 3 types of custard and their ingredients?

The three types of custard are:

• Steamed custard
• Baked custard
• Stirred custard

Baked custard has a much firmer and thicker texture than others because it consists of whole eggs while others have only yolks.