Milk cream is an egg-free and gluten-free recipe, easy and perfect for filling many desserts. Milk cream is a light and easily digestible cream, to be served in a small dish accompanied by cookies or fresh seasonal fruit.
Milk cream is a basic cream prepared with simple ingredients, with a delicate flavor and a soft, velvety consistency. This delicious cream is very versatile in pastry making.
Once ready, you can get creative and prepare the dessert you prefer the most.
Now let’s go to the kitchen and I’ll show you how to prepare Milk Cream.
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very inexpensive
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Stove
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 208.69 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 40.50 (g) of which sugars 31.95 (g)
- Proteins 4.15 (g)
- Fat 4.49 (g) of which saturated 2.83 (g)of which unsaturated 1.64 (g)
- Fibers 0.00 (g)
- Sodium 0.26 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 150 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
LET’S SEE WHAT WE NEED TO PREPARE
- 2 cups + 2 tbsp milk
- 5 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 packet vanillin (vanilla powder)
Tools
- 1 Hand whisk
- 1 Saucepan
- 1 Small saucepan
Steps
Let’s start preparing
Let’s start preparing the milk cream: pour the milk into a small saucepan and heat it over the stove, without letting it boil. Add the packet of vanillin and stir to dissolve it.
In a pot, whisk together the cornstarch and the sugar. Then pour the hot milk gradually, mixing to avoid lumps.
Place the pot on the stove and continue stirring.
When the cream is thick, turn off the heat.
Let the cream cool for a few minutes, covering the pot with plastic wrap.
Finally, you can use it to fill your desserts.If you need to mix the cream with other preparations, such as whipped cream, you must wait until it is completely cold before proceeding.
Marge’s Tips
Milk cream keeps in the fridge for 2-3 days
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