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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

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For 600 g, you will need:

1 2 sheets gelatin
2 1 ½ cup Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream)
3 0 kg 2 g butter
4 1 cup Chantilly cream

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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 2 sheets gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes to soften.

Stage 2 - 30 min.

Prepare 1 ½ cup Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream) and at the end, when taken off the heat, add 0 kg 2 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 1 cup 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.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,202 Kcal or 9,219 Kj	182 gr	565 gr	369 gr
110 %	70 %	53 %	56 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
377 Kcal or 1,578 Kj	31 gr	97 gr	63 gr
19 %	12 %	9 %	10 %

% 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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Egg, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 600 g : 3.46 €

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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: Strawberry Verveine Tart , Raisin breads (pains aux raisins), Peach and green tea tart, Pear and lime meringue pie, Strawberries with mint and cream, ... All
	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bavaroise cream, Cranachan, Saint Honoré cake, Millefeuille, Strawberries with mint and cream, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Beurre d'escargot, Spinach and cauliflower with sesame béchamel sauce, Poppy seed and lemon cake, Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages, Fraisier (French strawberry cake), ... All
	Gelatin: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Panna cotta, How to use gelatin, Clementine Creamy, Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, Clementine diplomat cream, ... All

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