INGREDIENTS:
- Cream
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp butter
- Topping
- 1-2 lb strawberries, hulled and sliced
- 1/4 cup sugar
- Powdered sugar, for garnish
DIRECTIONS:
To make cream, in a medium saucepan over medium heat, add milk and warm just until wisps of steam appear.
Meanwhile, in a bowl, add sugar, salt, and cornstarch and stir to combine. Add egg yolks and whisk into dry ingredients until thoroughly combined.
Slowly pour hot milk into sugar-egg mixture, whisking to combine. Pour everything back in pan. Return heat to medium and cook, whisking constantly until it has a pudding-like consistency. If large bubbles begin bubbling to surface, remove pan from heat.
Stir vanilla into pastry cream. Pour cream into a strainer set over a clean bowl. Using a wooden spoon or silicone spatula, push cream through strainer. Discard any egg bits. Add butter to top of pastry cream. Cover with a piece of plastic wrap, touching surface of cream. Refrigerate until completely chilled.
To make topping, in a bowl add strawberries and sugar and toss to combine.
To assemble, fill one crepe with 1/4 cup pastry cream. Fold sides toward center and roll bottom edge toward center. Continue to roll until cream is enclosed, edge-side down. Top with sweetened strawberries. Dust with powdered sugar. Continue with remaining crepes.