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Flan Patissier

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Servings: 6–8 Difficulty: medium

Categories: Dessert, Baked

Tags: baking, easy, french, recipes for custard, recipes for dessert, recipes using cornstarch, recipes using egg, recipes using fructose, recipes using granulated sugar, recipes using puff pastry, recipes using whole milk, recipes with metric units

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3AFlan_Patissier)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3AFlan%20Patissier&oldid=4587414

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 500 ml whole milk
  • 150 g white granulated sugar or 10 tablespoons fructose
  • 80 g (8 tablespoons) cornstarch
  • 3 whole eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 200 g puff pastry, rolled to 3–6 mm thick

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C. If using frozen puff pastry take it out from the freezer.
  2. Heat the milk in a saucepan until scalding but not boiling.
  3. In a bowl, mix the sugar and the cornstarch, then beat in the whole eggs. Very gradually whisk the hot milk into this mixture to avoid cooking the egg. Add the vanilla extract, and return this mixture to the saucepan.
  4. Cook for 5 minutes over medium heat, stirring constantly to avoid curdling. Remove from the heat before it gets to the boiling point.
  5. Line a buttered metal pie pan with the puff pastry to make a crust. Fill the crust with the hot custard.
  6. Bake for 25–30 minutes in the preheated oven until golden on the top. Cool to room temperature, then chill in the refrigerator.