Posted by Ginger Spice ICE CREAM One of my favorite family pastimes while growing up was building gingerbread houses.
Immediately turn off the heat, cover, and let stand for at least 30 minutes. Pour the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into a glass measuring cup and press on the solids in the strainer with a rubber spatula to remove all of the milk. Replace any milk that has evaporated with fresh milk so you have a total of 2 cups again. Return the infused milk to the saucepan. Continue with the recipe for Vanilla Pastry Cream, using the sugar, cornstarch, salt, egg yolks, and butter as directed. Left to right: Chocolate Pastry Cream, Coffee-Cardamom Pastry Cream, Peanut Butter Pastry Cream, Piña Colada Pastry Cream, Vanilla Pastry Cream Peanut Butter PASTRY CREAM Like most kids, my favorite sandwich was a PB and J.