Gluten free Vegan Pastry Cream
Make your gluten free vegan pastry cream at home, few simple ingredients to make this scrumptious dairy free pastry cream for your desserts!
Equipment
- 1 non stick saucepan
- 1 whisk or spoon
- 1 kitchen scale
- cling film to cover the cream
Ingredients
- 50 gr margarine/vegan butter
- 50 gr gluten free potato starch (or other gf starches)
- 2-3 tablespoon brown sugar
- seeds of 1 vanilla pod (or 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract)
- zest of half a lemon (3-4 large strips, not grated)
- pinch of turmeric powder (optional, only for coloring)
- 500 gr plant base, gluten free milk
Instructions
- place a small non sticking saucepan over low heat, add the margarine/vegan butter and let it melt, then add the gluten free starch and quickly stir everything together with a whisk or spoon, in order to avoid clumpsÂ
- add a small part of the plant based milk and keep whisking the mix
- add the remaining milk, keep whisking vigorously to avoid clumps
- add the sugar (start with 2 spoons, taste it before adding a third spoon)
- add the lemon zest, vanilla and turmeric (this one is optional)
- keep whisking, it will take a good 10 minutes before the cream thickens
- once you have a thick and smooth pastry cream, remove from stove and cover with cling film (also directly on the cream) to avoid the surface to dry
- let it cool down before using it in other desserts