Instant Creme Supreme is a cold process French pastry cream from Pastry Star that comes together in about five minutes, off the stove entirely. Whisk the powder with cold water for a standard cream, or with water and heavy cream when you want it richer and rounder on the palate.

It sets to a smooth, glossy cream with a sweet vanilla flavor that pipes into eclairs, napoleons, and fruit tarts without weeping. Fold it into whipped cream and it lightens into a mousse, or stir it into other preparations where it quietly works as a thickener and stabilizer.

Pastry Star offers several cream and custard mixes in the same family. The Instant Custard Cream is a cold mixed vanilla pastry cream reconstituted with water, milk, or cream. The Instant Chocolate Pastry Cream Mix is the chocolate version, whipped with milk alone, and the Creme Brulee Mix is a cooked custard that sets in ramekins under a torched sugar crust.