TOPPING Granulated sugar | 25 grams | 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons Clover honey | 25 grams | 1 tablespoon Butter (French style, 82% fat) | 25 grams | 9/10 ounce Sliced almonds | 25 grams | Scant ¼ cup METHOD DAY 1 Make a recipe of brioche dough following the instructions and refrigerate overnight as instructed Make the pastry cream Line a sheet pan with plastic wrap In a medium stainless steel saucepan combine all but ¼ cup of the milk, the 18 grams of cream, 30 grams of butter, 18 grams of the sugar, and the vanilla bean seeds and pod Stir with a whisk and place over medium heat Meanwhile, in a medium bowl whisk the cornstarch and the flour together with the remaining 16 grams of sugar Add the ¼ cup of milk that you set aside and whisk in the egg yolks When the milk mixture comes to a boil, turn off the heat and remove the vanilla bean (set it on a sheet of paper towel to dry) Whisk half of the hot milk mixture into the egg yolk mixture Strain the egg yolk mixture back into the saucepan with the remaining milk Turn the heat back to medium and whisk, making sure to whisk everywhere—bottom and sides and bottom edges of the pan—so that the ... medium bowl whisk the cornstarch and the flour together with the remaining 16 grams of sugar Add the ¼ cup of milk that you set aside and whisk in the egg yolks When the milk mixture comes to a boil, turn off... In a medium stainless steel saucepan combine all but ¼ cup of the milk, the 18 grams of cream, 30 grams of butter, 18 grams of the sugar, and the vanilla bean seeds and pod Stir with a whisk and place over... comes to a boil, turn off the heat and remove the vanilla bean (set it on a sheet of paper towel to dry) Whisk half of the hot milk mixture into the egg yolk mixture Strain the egg yolk mixture back into the saucepan with the