CR-001Royal milk tea pastry creamComponent card · 8 × 5 in
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Royal milk tea pastry cream

Yield ≈ 820 g·Keeps 3 days, 4 °C·Basis % · milk + cream = 100·Contains Milk · Egg·Source House formula · Original

Ingredient%Grams
Water · boiling10.960
Assam · broken leaf2.916
Whole milk81.8450
Heavy cream18.2100
Egg yolks · ≈ 620.0110
Sugar10.055
Light brown sugar7.340
Cornstarch8.245
Fine salt0.42
Unsalted butter · cold7.340
Total in166.9918
Method
  1. 1

    Bloom. Boil the water, add the tea; simmer until the leaves open.

    2 min
    Low simmer
  2. 2

    Infuse. Add milk and cream. Heat to steaming, then off heat, lid on.

    10 min
    85 °C
  3. 3

    Strain. Fine sieve; press the leaves hard. Weigh; top up with milk to 550 g.

    —
    550 g
  4. 4

    Cook. Whisk yolks, sugars, starch, salt; temper. Whisk over heat; boil 1 min.

    3–4 min
    Boiling
  5. 5

    Finish. Off heat, whisk in butter. Sieve into a tray, film on the surface, chill.

    Until cold
    2–4 h, 4 °C

Leaves hold back ≈ 50 g; the top-up milk puts it back. Boil a full minute or it thins overnight. Used in PA-004.