Valentine's day dinner dessert - strawberries, creme pattissiere

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh strawberries
• 1/2 tablespoon caster sugar
• Meringue

For Creme Pattissiere:

• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/4 cup double cream
• 1/2 vanilla bean
• 1 tablespoons plain flour
• 1/2 tablespoons corn flour
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tablespoons caster sugar

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Preparation

• Toss together strawberries and sugar, leave to macerate for about 1 hour.
• For Creme Pattissiere:
  Heat up milk, double cream and vanilla bean in a small saucepan until almost boiling. Turn off heat and let it steep for about 10 minutes.
• Beat together egg yolks and sugar in a mixing bowl. Sift in plain flour and corn flour. Mix until combined.
• Re-heat milk mixture.
  Add a splash of milk mixture to egg yolks mixture. Gradually whisk in the rest of the milk mixture.
  Pour this back into the saucepan.
• Whisk over a medium-low heat until thickened.
  Leave to cool and refrigerate for later use.
• To assemble:
  Spoon about 2 tbs of creme pattissiere into each ramekin.
• Add 2 tbs of softened strawberries, then top with the rest of the creme pattissiere, followed by the rest of the strawberries.
  Serve with some meringue.