Praline Cream

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup butter 
• 4  egg yolks 
• 6 tablespoons flour all-purpose
• 1 tablespoon juice of lemon 
• 2 cups milk 
• 1 cup pecans toasted chopped
• 2 cups sugar divided

Equipment

• frying pan
• sauce pan
• whisk
• plastic wrap

Directions

1. Stir together 1 cup sugar and lemon juice in a 1 1/2-quart saucepan over medium heat, and cook, tilting pan to melt sugar evenly and stirring occasionally, until sugar melts and turns a light golden color. Stir in butter.
2. Whisk together remaining 1 cup sugar, egg yolks, milk, and flour in a heavy saucepan; bring just to a simmer over medium heat, whisking constantly.
3. Add sugar mixture to milk mixture immediately, and cook, whisking constantly, for 5 to 7 minutes or until it has a pudding-like thickness. Stir in pecans. Cover, placing plastic wrap directly on filling, and chill 8 hours.