Belgian Plum Flan Recipes

FRESH PLUM FLAN

Steps:

• Cream together sugar, butter.
• Beat in eggs, beat well.
• Combine flour, baking powder and rind.
• Beat into egg mixture alternately with milk, making 3 additions of flour and 2 of milk.
• Put batter into greased 10 inch springform pan or a 9 inch square baking dish.
• Arrange plums, cut side down, in circles on top, gently press into batter.
• Combine topping- sugar and cinnamon, sprinkle over fruit.
• Bake in 350 degree (180 C) oven 45-55 minutes.

BELGIAN PLUM FLAN

Steps:

• Place water & caster sugar in a lrg saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring. Then add plums & mix well.
• Reduce heat & cook for 5-10 min till plums are just tender, but still intact. Remove from heat & allow to cool.
• In a lrg mixing bowl, beat together the granulated sugar & egg yolks till pale & thick. Whisk in the flour till smooth.
• Gradually add boiling milk in a steady stream, whisking constantly.
• Transfer to a saucepan & slowly heat to near boiling point, stirring constantly. Cont to cook for a further 2 min, stirring all the time.
• Remove from the heat, beat in the butter & vanilla extract. Then stand the saucepan in cold water & cont to stir till cooled.
• Once cold, pour the creme into the pastry case. Then arrange the plums (cut sides down) in the filled case. The tops of the plums should stand above the crème. Set aside.
• In a small saucepan, melt jam w/the lemon juice over a low heat, mixing well.
• Brush the apricot mixture over the top of the plums to glaze them. Then refrigerate to get completely cold before serving.

GENEVA PEAR FLAN

Steps:

• Line a 24 cm wide flan ring with the pastry and prick well with a fork.
• Mix the sugar, cinnamon and flour thoroughly and sprinkle this onto the pastry base.
• Mix the pear slices, lemon and orange peel, raisins and oil together then spread this on to the pastry case. Moisten the mixture with the white wine (all or part of the wine, depending on the amount of pear juice in the flan ring).
• Sprinkle with the brown sugar and cover with cream.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes at 220°C
• Loosen the sides of the flan and leave to cool; turn out when cold. Serve cold.

SOUR CREAM AND PLUM FLAN

Steps:

• Make the shortcrust pastry: sift the flour and salt into a bowl. Rub in the butter cut into small pieces until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the cold water and mix to a dough. Chill for 15 minutes before using to line a 24cm flan tin.
• Preheat your oven to 200°C.
• Mix the filling ingredients together.
• Place the plums cut side up onto the flan case. Pour the filling on top.
• Put into the oven for 20 minutes.
• Mix the demerara sugar and the mixed spice and sprinkle onto the flan. Put the flan back in the oven at 230°C for another 20 minutes until golden on top.
• Leave to cool for a few minutes before serving or serve cold with vanilla ice-cream.

BRAZILIAN CHOCOLATE FLAN

Steps:

• Butter a bundt pan and then dust it with granulated sugar.
• Pour all ingredients in the blender and beat them for 3 minutes.
• Pour the flan in the prepared pan and bake it in a medium-low oven in bain marie for 1 1/2 hours or until a tooth pick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Let it cool completely, cover it with plastic foil and refrigerate it for 2 hours.
• After that, carefully unmold it and serve the flan with whipped cream.