364 pastry cream recipes

Mini crawfish pies with a buttery cream filling spiked with cayenne, baked in flaky tart shells. Louisiana party food that freezes for up to two weeks ahead.

Roger's scallop tarts: delicate pastry cups filled with garlic-cream cheese, seared scallops, and a tiny crown of caviar. A classy, bite-sized seafood appetizer.

Gateau St. Honore with a puff pastry base, caramel-dipped cream puffs, brandy-raisin chocolate mousse filling, and piped whipped cream in alternating chocolate and vanilla stripes. A showstopping French patisserie centerpiece.

You will be wondering what's the secret to this decadent and delicious pecan pie.

Fluffy puff pasty filled with red plum and almond, after baking it comes out juicy inside and crispy outside, topped with cream and sour cream mixture, giving the extra creaminess!

Flaky puff pastry layered with a creamy spinach, green chili, and cream cheese filling. Just 5 ingredients, cut into squares or diamonds for an easy appetizer or snack.

Crab phyllo triangles: shatteringly crisp pastry packets stuffed with creamy garlic crab and fresh chives. The cocktail-party appetizer that disappears off the tray first.

Smoked trout and grilled apple strudel wraps flaky phyllo around a savory filling of smoked trout, fire-charred Granny Smith apples, shallots and cream cheese. Restaurant-style appetizer.

Festive raisin tarts with a brown sugar, walnut, and orange juice filling in mini pastry shells. Bite-sized holiday treats similar to butter tarts, topped with whipped cream.

These small but scrumptious pastries are made with salmon and diced cucumbers.

Banana double cream pie: blind-baked pastry shell layered with fresh banana slices, silky vanilla pastry cream, and a whipped double cream border. British classic.

Carrot raisin cake sweetened with honey and pineapple juice instead of sugar. Whole wheat pastry flour and egg whites only keep it fat-free and wholesome.

Acadian cranberry pie, a Nova Scotian tradition: tart cranberries cooked with sugar and enriched with egg and butter, baked in a lattice crust and served with cream. Sweet-tart, rustic, and old-fashioned.

Beef and onion deep dish pie with ground beef, sweet peas, and sour cream filling under a flaky puff pastry crust. Weeknight comfort with bistro-style golden top.

Rhubarb tart with orange glaze layers tart-sweet rhubarb over buttery puff pastry, then gets brushed with a reduced citrus syrup. Two rectangles, one sheet pan, one of the easiest stone-fruit-season desserts going.

Crispy phyllo shells hold savory bacon-cheddar custard in these bite-sized quiches where eggs, cream, and real bacon bits bake into golden, puffed appetizers that disappear fast at any gathering.