Pastry Cream

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Course Dessert

Cuisine Italian

Ingredients

4 Large Eggs Yolks
1 liter Milk, warmed (4 cups)
180 g Granulated Sugar (2/3 cup + 2 tbsp)
90 g AP Flour (about 3/4 cup)
4 Lemon Peels

Instructions

To a bowl, add sugar and egg yolks. Mix with a hand mixer until light in color.
Add flour in a little at a time, mixing well with each addition.
Once you have added all the flour, slowly add the warm milk mixing well with each addition.
Once all the milk has been added, transfer the mixture to a sauce pan, add lemon peels and cook on medium heat until thickened.
Pour into a bowl, remove lemon peels and cover with plastic wrap to prevent a skin from forming. Place into the refrigerator to set.

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