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Diplomat cream

Diplomat cream or "crème Madame" (a much prettier name) is one of many creams in French pâtisserie based on confectioner's custard. The classic confectioner's custard (crème pâtissière, or french pastry cream) has gelatin added while hot, then whipped cream is folded in when cold.

This gives a very light, velvety mixture, halfway between custard and Chantilly.

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Last modified on: October 30^th 2019

Keywords for this recipe:Pastry Cream French cream Diplomate Custard Chantilly cream

For 300 g, you will need:

1 1 sheet gelatin
2 175 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream)
3 15 g butter
4 100 g Chantilly cream
Total weight: 292 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Start to finish
42 min.	1 hour 5 min.	1 hour 47 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Soak 1 sheet gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes to soften.

Stage 2 - 30 min.

Prepare 175 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream) and at the end, when taken off the heat, add 15 g butter cut into small pieces. Mix well to incorporate.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Then add the drained and dried gelatin...

Stage 4 - 1 min.

...and mix thoroughly.

Stage 5 - 1 hour

Cover with plastic film in contact with the surface of the custard to prevent it forming a skin.

Stand the pan in cold water to speed up cooling.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Meanwhile, prepare 100 g Chantilly cream and keep cold.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Once the confectioner's custard has cooled to room temperature, remove the plastic film and whisk vigorously to loosen it.

Fold in the whipped cream gently with a soft spatula.

Stage 8

Your diplomat cream is ready.

Remarks

Just like the basic confectioner's custard, you can vary diplomat cream to suit your own taste: lemon, apple, pistachio, chocolate, etc.

In many recipes, the original confectioner's custard can be replaced with diplomat cream, for a better, lighter result. But do be warned: it will not survive being recooked.

Keeping

Should be used the same day.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
463 Kcal or 1,938 Kj	15 gr	45 gr	54 gr
23 %	6 %	4 %	8 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
158 Kcal or 662 Kj	5 gr	15 gr	18 gr
8 %	2 %	1 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 300 g : 1.73 €

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Some recipes that use this recipe

Little apple and verbena tarts

A sweetcrust pastry case, filled with a smooth verbena-flavoured diplomat cream, and topped with caramelised apples. You will see how well the caramelised apples and verbena go together.
1,636 59 min.

Tatin apple diplomat tart

This tart is every bit as good as it looks: a sweetcrust pastry case baked blind, then filled with diplomat cream and topped with apples cooked tatin-style, long and slow in butter and sugar until they caramelize.
20K 2 hours 18 min.

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: St Tropez tart, Strawberries with mint and cream, Yvetot Douillons, Chinois, Pear and lime meringue pie, ... All
	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Viennese chocolate cups, Warm apple feuillantines, Pear charlotte, Key Lime Pie for Jeremy, Millefeuille, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Clarified butter, Pavlova, Melting Epoisses on toast , Chocolate cake, Leek and egg frichti, ... All
	Gelatin: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Avocado and smoked salmon terrine , St Tropez tart, Plum and almond panna cotta, Fruit crémeux, Thin tomato jelly and avocado tart, ... All

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