The Best Gateau St. Honoré Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup 2% milk
• ½ vanilla bean OR 1 1/2 tsp vanilla bean paste
• 3 large egg yolks
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 1 sheet rolled puff pastry, thawed in the fridge
• ½ recipe Choux Paste
• 3 tbsp water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp white corn syrup
• ¾ cup 2% milk
• ¾ cup water
• 1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 2 tsp sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 ⅔ cup all-purpose flour
• 5 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 ½ cup whipping cream
• 1 ½ tbsp skim milk powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp raspberry purée
• 1 cup fresh raspberries