French Fruit Flan
By: Anonymous
Published: Sunday, December 27, 2009 - 10:27pm

Ingredients




225 grams rich shortcrust pastry
2 egg yolks
60 grams caster sugar
20 grams flour
150 ml milk
few drops vanilla essence
mixed fruits eg strawberries kiwi 4 tablespoons apricot or strawberry conserve sieved an

Preparation

1 Roll out the pastry to fit a 340 x 110mm flan tin or a 9inch round flan tin. 2 Chill. 3 To make the filling cream the egg yolks and sugar until light and fluffy. 4 Mix in the flour and milk. 5 Cook over a gentle heat stirring until thickened. 6 Stir in vanilla essence and cool. 7 Bake the pastry case. 8 Prick the base well. Bake on the floor of the roasting ovenfor 6 to 8 minutes until crisp and golden brown. 9 Cool. 10 Remove the pastry case from the tin and stand on a plate. 11 Fill with creme patissiere. 12 Decorate with sliced fruits and glaze with the conserve. 13 Makes I large flan.