Sunday, December 18, 2022

Coconut Pastry Cream

1 cup coconut milk
1 cup half-and-half
1 vanilla bean, split and scraped
4 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups coconut


  1.  whisk sugar and cornstarch together in a bowl.
  2.  Add eggs and whisk until smooth.
  3. Place coconut milk, half and half and vanilla bean in a saucepan.
  4. Heat to simmering.
  5. Ladle out about 1/3 of the liquid and stir into the egg mixture.
  6. Pour egg mixture back into saucepan and heat, stirring constantly until it boils.
  7.  Let boil for 1 minute stirring all of the time.
  8. Pour through a strainer into a bowl and stir in vanilla and coconut.
  9. Place plastic wrap over custard so that it is touching the surface.
  10. Refrigerate overnight.

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