How can we forget about the delicious coconut flavor that it brings to all our preparations, both sweet and salty? Well, today in this article we are going to make a delicious coconut pastry cream with which you will be able to surprise your family and friends with this delicious cream. That you can use as a sauce or filling for any dessert. Taking into account that we are going to make preparations with coconut, let’s remember that this ingredient has many health benefits, it contains vitamin C, B1 and B2, potassium, phosphorus, calcium and iron. Let’s see the ingredients and step by step of the recipe.
Ingredients to make Coconut Pastry Cream:
- 3 eggs
- 500 milliliters of whole milk
- 30 grams of grated coconut
- 100 grams of Sugar (½ cup)
- 2 teaspoons of cornstarch or cornstarch
How to make Coconut Pastry Cream:
- Before starting to make the pastry cream recipe, you must prepare the ingredients.
- In a deep bowl add the egg yolks, sugar and cornstarch. You can keep the egg whites in the fridge to prepare other recipes.
- In a deep pot add the milk and the grated coconut, bring it over medium heat until it is about to boil. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
Trick: If you want, add a teaspoon of vanilla essence.
- Add the warm milk to the bowl where we have the egg yolks and beat until the ingredients of the recipe are integrated.
- Once the recipe ingredients are mixed, bring the pastry cream back to a simmer, stirring constantly with a hand whisk until it thickens. Remove from heat and transfer to a deep bowl. To prevent a film from forming on the surface, cover the container with plastic wrap so that it comes into contact with the pastry cream. Let it cool down.
- We already have our coconut pastry cream ready and we can use it as a filling for any cake, like a vanilla sponge cake.
- Enjoy!
