Eclair custard filling

[lulou23]

Anyone have a recipe? Most eclair recipes I find call for a cream filling.

[mothrpoet]

I like to "lighten" the pastry cream with unsweetened whipped cream. I find the custard too cloying and using just whipped cream, as some recipes suggest, unsatisfying. Combined, the result is sublime!

[souschef]

Agreed; I like it lightened as well.

I sometimes add crushed praline (done in the food processor); it adds a nice flavour.

[JoanN]

I've used this pastry cream recipe in fruit tarts and liked it quite a bit.

http://www.examiner.com/baking-in-los...

[sarahjay]

I just use a standard pastry cream recipe, like this one from epicurious: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/foo...

however, I find an all yolk recipe to "eggy" tasting and sub 2 whole eggs and 2 yolks. i also add 1 oz butter at the end and often sub vanilla paste for the whole bean.

[paulj]

Pastry cream is a common filling, and isn't hard to make. It is a stove top egg custard with some cornstarch (and/or flour) to help stabilize it.