Chilled Lemon Flan Recipe

You will need.....       For the flan case:

                               4 oz. digestive biscuits                                   

                               2 oz. butter

                               1 level teaspoon castor sugar

                               For the filling :

Preparation Time      1/4 pint double cream

15 minutes                6 oz. can condensed milk

                               2 large lemons

Cooking Time           For the topping :

8 minutes                  lightly whipped double cream

                              fresh or crystallized lemon slices 

Oven setting           

310ºF; Gas Mark 2 

                            

Crush digestive biscuits with a rolling pin. Melt butter in a pan, add sugar then blend in biscuit crumbs. Mix well. Turn mixture into 7 inch pie plate or flan dish and press into shape round base and sides of plate, with the back of a spoon. Bake in a slow oven for 8 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave to cool. Do not turn the flan case out of dish as it will crumble.

 

Mix together cream, condensed milk and finely grated lemon rind. Slowly beat in lemon juice. Pour mixture into the flan case and chill for several hours until firm.

 

Just before serving decorate the flan with a whirl if lightly whipped cream and the lemon slices. Serves 4

 

Quick Tip

 

When crushing biscuits with a rolling pin, lie a clean tea towel on the table and put the biscuits between greaseproof paper on the tea towel and fold over. Apply pressure with the rolling pin. The tea towel will remain clean.

 

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