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Custard Pastry Stars Recipe

Crispy puff pastry meets silky vanilla pastry cream – topped with fresh berries, these beautiful stars are a showstopper on any dessert table. Enjoy...

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وقت الخبز 15 minutes

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  • For the Pastry Cream

طريقة التحضير

  1. 1
    In a bowl, whisk together the sugar, cornstarch, salt, 1–2 tablespoons of milk, and the egg yolks until smooth and creamy.
  2. 2
    Heat the remaining milk with the vanilla extract in a small saucepan (do not boil). Slowly pour the hot milk into the egg mixture while stirring constantly. Return the mixture to the saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens. Remove from heat and stir in the butter. Cover with plastic wrap directly on the surface and let cool completely.
  3. 3
    Roll out the puff pastry and cut into about 9 equal squares. Cut from each corner toward the center without cutting all the way through.
  4. 4
    Fold one corner from each side toward the center to form a star shape. Press the center flat and poke it with a fork.
  5. 5
    Brush the stars with egg white.
  6. 6
    Bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C / 390 °F (top/bottom heat) for about 15–18 minutes until golden. Let cool completely.
  7. 7
    Fill the center of each cooled star with pastry cream – using a spoon or piping bag.
  8. 8
    Decorate with fresh berries and dust with powdered sugar. Tip: We made 9 small pastries, but you can easily create larger stars depending on how many and how big you want them to be. These are best enjoyed fresh – flaky pastry, cool vanilla cream, and juicy berries are an irresistible combo!

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Custard Pastry Stars Questions

Yes, in most cases. Lumps usually form when the hot milk is added too quickly, so the egg yolks scramble instead of thickening smoothly - pour it in a thin stream while whisking constantly. If lumps still appear, push the finished cream through a fine sieve while it is hot, then stir in the butter for a glossy finish.

Frozen puff pastry works well, but let it thaw until it is pliable enough to roll out and cut into 9 squares without cracking. Keep it cool while you work - if the sheet gets warm and soft, the folded corners will slump and the stars lose their shape in the oven. Chilling the shaped stars for a few minutes before brushing with egg white helps them puff cleanly.

Cornstarch can be swapped for the same weight of custard powder or potato starch; both thicken the 250 ml of milk in a similar way, though the cream may set slightly softer. Instead of egg white for brushing, use a little milk or a whole beaten egg - milk gives a paler finish, whole egg a deeper golden colour. The vanilla extract can be replaced with the seeds of a vanilla pod, warmed in the milk.

The pastry cream is the ideal make-ahead component: cook it, cover the surface directly with cling film so no skin forms, and chill it until you need it. The stars can also be baked in advance and kept at room temperature. Only fill, add the berries and dust with powdered sugar shortly before serving, otherwise the pastry softens.

A puffed-up centre means the middle was not pressed flat and pricked with a fork firmly enough, so steam lifted the layer that should hold the cream. Cutting all the way through from the corners is the other common mistake - the folded points then separate instead of staying joined at the centre. Press the centre well, poke it generously, and stop each cut short of the middle.

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