Diplomat cream
Diplomat cream or crème diplomate is a mixture of pastry cream and heavy cream. This light and fluffy cream is the perfect pastry filling.
Servings: 4 cups
Calories: 456kcal
Ingredients
The pastry cream
- 2 cups milk
- ½ cup sugar
- 3 eggyolks
- 1 whole egg
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
For the diplomat cream
- 1 cup heavy cream
Instructions
The pastry cream
- Heat the milk until bubbles appear at the rim, and turn off the heat.
- Meanwhile, stir well the eggs, flour, sugar, and vanilla sugar in a heatproof bowl.
- While stirring, pour the hot milk into the eggs and pour the mixture back into the pan.
- Keep stirring well and heat the cream over low heat until it reaches the desired thickness. This takes about 5-10 minutes. It is important to keep stirring vigorously otherwise, the egg will curdle.
- Pour the cream through a sieve into a shallow dish and immediately cover it with cling film to avoid a sheet.
- Let the pastry cream cool completely before continuing.
The Swiss cream
- Whip the whipping cream until stiff and briefly stir into the cooled pastry cream.
- Carefully spoon the pastry cream into the whipped cream.
- Serve the cream immediately or put it covered in the refrigerator for later.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 456kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 269mg | Sodium: 85mg | Potassium: 274mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 36g | Vitamin A: 1326IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 214mg | Iron: 1mg