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Darienne

Darienne

The chocolate additions, while they sound very nice and useful, are not what I am looking for.  Might try them some day though.  Re-read the posts.  (Thank you all again)  Looked at a dozen more recipes for pastry cream, creme patissiere, mousseline...and of course got more and more confused. 

So, in the end, I more or less solved the problem in my usual bumbling way.  Took Martha Stewart's Creme Patissiere recipe, changed the 1 cup milk to half milk (whole) and half half & half.  Added a 4th tablespoon of sugar, subbed 2 tablespoons of cornstarch, added 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter and away I went.  DH loved it.  It was rich enough and thick enough and he thought it was divine.  I thought it was lacking.  Stirred in a smidge of salt.  And presto.  It picked up.   Sliced some banana on it.  Good.  Stirred in some sweetened coconut.  Very good. 

 

So I may not have made anything which would pass any test, but as long as DH loved it, nothing else mattered.

Thanks for the help and more importantly, for the support.  :x

 

ps.  Sorry, I should have added Martha Stewart's recipe.

Darienne

Darienne

The chocolate additions, while they sound very nice and useful, are not what I am looking for.  Might try them some day though.  Re-read the posts.  (Thank you all again)  Looked at a dozen more recipes for pastry cream, creme patissiere, mousseline...and of course got more and more confused. 

So, in the end, I more or less solved the problem in my usual bumbling way.  Took Martha Stewart's Creme Patissiere recipe, changed the 1 cup milk to half milk (whole) and half half & half.  Added a 4th tablespoon of sugar, subbed 2 tablespoons of cornstarch, added 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter and away I went.  DH loved it.  It was rich enough and thick enough and he thought it was divine.  I thought it was lacking.  Stirred in a smidge of salt.  And presto.  It picked up.   Sliced some banana on it.  Good.  Stirred in some sweetened coconut.  Very good. 

 

So I may not have made anything which would pass any test, but as long as DH loved it, nothing else mattered.

Thanks for the help and more importantly, for the support.  :x

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