And here is another perfect recipe for you, the very shiny custard cream Massari. Those who follow me know very well that I particularly love his precious advice, among the many recipes I’ve tried, including the Milan shortcrust pastry, and in all his recipes, I apply them to create perfect and wonderful desserts. This is the case with this custard cream, shiny and perfect in consistency, neither too fluid nor too pudding-like. I prefer it to many other recipes, after all, what else can you expect from a master like him if not a recipe perfect in the details? Here below are the ingredients and the procedure.
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 5 Minutes
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Slow fire
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 283.81 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 49.01 (g) of which sugars 39.90 (g)
- Proteins 8.03 (g)
- Fat 7.23 (g) of which saturated 4.07 (g)of which unsaturated 3.14 (g)
- Fibers 0.09 (g)
- Sodium 43.97 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 5 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
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 pod vanilla (or natural vanilla extract)
- 4.41 oz eggs
- 0.66 cup sugar
- 0.28 cup rice starch
- 1 lemon (peel only the yellow part)
Tools
- Whisks
Steps
Pour the milk into a pot,
the natural vanilla essence or if you have the seeds from a vanilla pod
The grated lemon peel without the white part and bring it to the heat
Pour the yolks into another pot
the sugar
and the rice starch. If you want it firmer, use corn starch.
Immediately stir quickly and mix well
Now pour the hot milk in two steps, filtering it with a strainer
At this point, stir without stopping with the whisk
Until you get the right consistency. Immediately pour into a very cold bowl and continue stirring with the whisk. Gradually we will see that the cream will become very shiny