A cream pie is a type of pie filled with a rich custard or pudding that is made from milk, cream, flour, and eggs.
Both are incredibly easy to make - as opposed to ice creams, which not only require a time-consuming rich custard but also are higher in calories.
They are both filled with a rich custard that is much eggier and less creamy than English custard tarts.
It is a rich custard often flavoured with lemon or orange zest topped with caramelised sugar.
Heavy cream produces that rich, luxurious custard that you get in the best restaurants.
A chocolate-mousse tart won the popularity poll at our table one night, but my favorite was the fruit tart, with its flaky pastry and rich custard.
If you want to forestall temptation, try not to look at the pastry case, where the mille-feuilles and éclairs ooze rich custard.
Try the rich custard with a vanilla liqueur topping called natilla.
And he makes a rich and fascinating custard - two flat disks with a thin slice of caramelized pineapple between them.