Passionfruit pancakes

Ingredients

Pastry cream: 2 cups milk 1 vanilla bean, split 4 eggs yolks 1/4 cup sugar 2 tbsp cornflour Passionfruit sauce: 6 tbsp sugar 1/4 cup water 6 fresh passionfruit, halved 1 tbsp butter

Method
For the pastry cream In a medium saucepan, combine milk, vanilla bean and seeds and bring to the boil. Meanwhile, mix yolks, sugar and cornflour in a bowl. Pour hot milk over egg yolk mixture in a thin stream, whisking constantly, until smooth. Pour mixture into a saucepan and place over high heat. Stir constantly with a whisk and bring to the boil. Cook for a few minutes until thickened and smooth. Pour pastry cream into a bowl, place a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface and refrigerate until cold. For the passionfruit sauce In a small pot, cook sugar and water until light amber in colour. Scoop out fresh passionfruit pulp and seeds and stir into the sugar syrup. Whisk in the butter just before serving. Keep warm.