As you know, today there are many ways to prepare a variety of creams, which are designed to improve and diversify the taste of dessert. Surely every housewife has her favorite recipe. Today we offer to find out what the Muslin cream is. A recipe with a photo of this culinary product can also be found in our article.
Description
Muslin belongs to French cuisine. It has a delicate, pleasant and silky structure and is suitable for a wide variety of desserts. So, some housewives even make the famous Napoleon cake with him. Due to the use of butter in the composition, the Muslin custard , the recipes of which we present below, keeps its shape perfectly. Therefore, it can be used to decorate, for example, cupcakes. However, so that it does not disappear, it is advisable not to leave it for a long time at room temperature.
Muslin cream: recipe step by step
We bring to your attention a simple way to prepare this magnificent delicacy. So, we need the following ingredients: milk - 230 ml, eggs - two pieces (we will use only yolks), sugar - 40 grams, flour and corn starch - one tablespoon without a hill, butter - 130 grams, flavored water ( for example, lavender or pink) - 1-2 teaspoons. Also, if desired, you can add dye to the cream. Please note that the butter must be removed from the refrigerator in advance to soften at room temperature.
Cooking process
We extract the yolks from the eggs and beat them with sugar. Introduce starch and flour, mix. Since we prepare the custard, we need a small saucepan or stewpan. Pour milk into it and bring to a boil. Then pour it in a thin stream into the egg mass. At the same time, do not forget to stir with a whisk to prevent the yolks from folding.
Add the remaining milk. Mix again. The resulting mass is again poured into a saucepan and put on low heat. We cook the cream until thickened, not forgetting to constantly stir it so that lumps do not form.
Then remove the stewpan from the fire and pour its contents into a bowl. Cover with cling film and leave to cool. After that, you can add flavored water to the Muslin cream, the recipe of which we are considering. Then we introduce the softened butter in parts. In this case, you need to thoroughly whip the cream. As a result, you should get a homogeneous and magnificent mass. Here is our Muslin and ready! If you wish, you can add dye to it at this stage. Now you can use it to decorate the dessert.
Muslin with vanilla
We bring to your attention one more very easy to prepare recipe for this cream. It is not difficult to make it at all, and the finished product will turn out to be very gentle and airy.
In order to prepare the Muslin cream, the recipe suggests using the following components: granulated sugar and water - 125 grams and milliliters, respectively, three eggs, a 200-gram packet of butter, a teaspoon of vanilla essence. As in the previous recipe, the oil must be removed from the refrigerator in advance, so that by the time it starts to cook it becomes soft.
Instruction manual
First, pour sugar into a small saucepan, fill it with water and put on low heat. You should cook the mass, stirring occasionally, until the granular ingredient is completely dissolved. Separate the whites from the yolks. You can use the first for other purposes, and pour the second into a separate metal bowl.
In the meantime, we continue to heat the sugar mass. You should get syrup. Its readiness can be checked with a teaspoon. If you lower it into the mass and lift it up and at the same time the syrup will drain with a thin thread, then you can remove the saucepan from the heat. Its contents should immediately be poured into a bowl to the yolks. In this case, begin to beat the mass with a mixer. Continue whipping until the cream has a thick consistency.
In a separate bowl, put softened butter. Beat it until a creamy structure is formed. Gradually, we begin to add oil to the egg mass. Continue to whisk continuously. At the end, add vanilla essence or another flavor to your taste. The delicious Muslin cream is ready!