This recipe courtesy “WilliamsSonoma”: http://www.williams-sonoma.com.
Plain pastry cream is delicious spread in a baked tart shell and topped with ripe berries, sliced peaches or other fruit. You can flavor the cream with 1 oz. melted unsweetened chocolate, or with toasted grated coconut or toasted pulverized nuts.
Adapted from Williams-Sonoma Kitchen Library Series, Pies & Tarts, by John Phillip Carroll (Time-Life Books, 1992).