Mushroom Cream Flan Recipe |
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You will need..... For the pastry: 6 oz. plain flour pinch salt 1.5 oz. butter, cut into small pieces
1.5 oz. lard, cut into small pieces
Preparation Time For the filling:
25 minutes
2 hard-boiled eggs
2 teaspoons lemon juice
Cooking Time
3 oz. packet cream cheese
20 minutes
4 oz. mushrooms
1 table spoon milk
Oven setting
1/2 oz. butter
400ºF; Gas Mark 6
1 green pepper
1 tablespoon oil
Sift flour
and salt into a bowl, add both fats and rub in until mixture resembles
fine breadcrumbs. Add enough water to make a stiff paste. Roll out to
fit an 8-inch flan ring or baking tin. Line ring, trim edges and bake
blind for 20 minutes. Allow to cool. Chops eggs
and mix with lemon juice and cheese. Wash and slice mushrooms, cook in
milk and butter until soft. Wash and core pepper, cut into strips and
fry in oil until soft. Drain mushrooms and pepper on kitchen paper. Spread
cheese mixture into flan case and arrange mushrooms and pepper over the
top. Serves 4.
Quick Tip
If you
cut the fat into the flour with two knives before rubbing, you will
find that it rubs in much more quickly.
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