Danish Flan Recipe |
||
|
You will need..... 6 oz. short crust pastry 12 oz. can chopped ham with pork 6 gherkins 1/2 teaspoon mustards
pinch pepper
Preparation Time pinch nutmeg
25 minutes
1/2 oz. gelatin
6 oz. can cream
Cooking Time
3 egg whites
20 minutes
1 red pepper, cut into rings
1
green pepper, cut into rings
Oven setting
1 small can corn
400ºF; Gas Mark 6
few pickled onions
Roll out
pastry to fit an 8-inch flan tin. Trim the edges and bake blind for 20
minutes. Cool. Chop the
meat finely. Chop 3 gherkins and add to the meat with mustard, pepper
and nutmeg. Dissolve gelatin in 2 tablespoons hot water. Add to the
mixture with the cream. Mix well. Whisk egg whites and fold into the
mixture when beginning to set. Pile into prepared flan case. Arrange red
and green pepper rings, corn and onions in a decorative pattern round
the flan. Garnish top of flan with gherkin fan (see Quick Tip below).
Serve very cold. Serves 4.
Quick Tip
To
make gherkin fan: cut narrow strips lengthwise with a sharp knife to
about 1/2-inch form the base. Then spread gently into fan shape.
|
||