- Level: Intermediate
- Total: 2 hr 25 min
- Prep: 20 min
- Inactive: 2 hr
- Cook: 5 min
- Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 2/3 cups heavy cream
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
3 egg yolks, beaten
1 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 (9-inch) pastry shell, baked and cooled
1/4 to 1/3 cup sugar
Sweetened whipped cream, to garnish
Directions
- In a heavy saucepan, dissolve the cornstarch in the cream; stir in sweetened condensed milk and egg yolks. Cook and stir until thick and bubbly. Remove from heat add butter and vanilla. Pour into pastry shell and chill for 2 or more hours. Top with sugar and brown under the broiler. Garnish with sweetened whipped cream around the edge. Refrigerate leftovers.
