Pineapple Cream Filling
 
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You can substitute coconut flakes for the pineapple if you prefer coconut cream filling!
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Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • ¼ cup flour
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • ¼ tsp. vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 cup fresh, chopped pineapple (or ½ cup canned, crushed pineapple)
Instructions
  1. Place the fresh pineapple in a food processor and pulse until very finely chopped.
  2. Place the pineapple in a strainer over a bowl and drain the pineapple juice.
  3. In a double boiler, combine the flour, sugar, and milk. Cook the mixture in the top of the double boiler over medium-low to medium heat. Whisk the mixture until it thickens. Be patient---this can take about 20 minutes or so. (As the mixture begins to thicken, it is important to whisk almost continuously to prevent lumps from forming.)
  4. After the mixture thickens to a pudding-like consistency, place the egg yolks in a small bowl. Mix a little of the cream filling with the eggs yolks to temper them. This prevents scrambling the egg yolks.
  5. Pour the egg yolk mixture into the double boiler with the rest of the cream filling. Continue whisking until the cream filling thickens more. This will take 2-4 minutes.
  6. Remove the cream filling from the heat and whisk in the vanilla extract and butter.
  7. To ensure the cream filling does not have any lumps, strain it through a mesh strainer.
  8. Let the cream filling cool completely, whisking occasionally to prevent a skin from forming.
  9. When the cream filling is cool, add the pineapple and serve it or refrigerate it. If you are refrigerating the filling in a bowl (rather than in the finished tart or other dessert), place plastic wrap on top of the filling so that the plastic wrap touches the entire surface of the filling to prevent a skin from forming on top.
Notes
If you don't have a double boiler, just place a small amount of water in a pot. Then place a heatproof bowl on top of the pot so that the heatproof bowl sits partially inside the pot but does not touch the water.
Recipe by Pinot & Pie at https://pinotandpie.com/pineapple-cream-rum-cupcakes/