Custard

Remember pudding cups? Baileys Pot de Creme are like a luxurious, grown-up version of pudding cups flavored with plenty of Irish Cream liquor. Pot de Creme sounds fancy, doesn’t it? The minute we see a dessert with a French name we assume it must be super complicated to make with very precise and detailed instructions. …

Vanilla Pastry Cream is used it to fill cream puffs or eclairs. But that’s just the beginning. One vanilla custard recipe, so many possibilities. In a professional pastry kitchen we don’t reinvent the wheel for every single dish. We have a repertoire of what I’m calling, “essential recipes”.  There is no need to have a …

Crème Anglaise, the classic custard sauce, is versatile and can be flavored a million different ways. This is a great basic recipe to have on hand. It can elevate an ordinary dessert into a special presentation. Crème Anglaise is one of those recipes that every pastry chef knows how to make and uses over and …

Pear & Cranberry Clafoutis is easy to make and even easier to eat! Fresh fruit is baked is a light, custardy filling that is super easy and super fast to mix. Ok, I thought I’d squeeze in one more quick recipe to help you plan your holiday menu. This recipe is a great one for …

Dessert Macaroni and Cheese! Yes, you read that right! A sweet mac & cheese made with cream cheese, blueberries and vanilla, it’s a sweet take on a classic comfort food. Similar to bread pudding or rice pudding, Dessert Macaroni and Cheese has a starchy base held together by a baked custard. The idea came to …

Bread pudding is pure comfort food, it’s the fuzzy slippers of desserts. This Rum Raisin Bread Pudding features not only raisins and rum, but grated apples for moisture and flavor, cinnamon and nutmeg for warm spice, and a surprise ingredient you may never have heard of –  Grains of Paradise. The basics of bread pudding are simple, …

Classic creme brulee should be creamy and silky with a glass thin coating of caramelized sugar. Creme brulee is one of those recipes that is so simple with such a short ingredient list that it seems like it would be fool proof. As is often true, sometimes the simplest recipes are hard to get just …