Orange Cream Flan Recipe

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

                               3 oz. butter or margarine

                               3 oz. castor sugar

                               2 eggs

                               3 oz. self-raising flour

Preparation Time      For the filling:

20 minutes                11 oz. can mandarins

                               grated rind and juice of 1 orange

Cooking Time            3 oz. sugar

20 minutes                 1 oz. cornflour

                               2 eggs

Oven setting            1/2 oz. butter

350ºF; Gas Mark 4     

                            

Grease and flour an 8.5-inch sponge flan tin. Cream butter or margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in flour and turn mixture into prepared tin. Bake in centre of oven for 20 minutes. Turn out and cool on wire rack.

 

Drain mandarins. Add orange rind with juice to the mandarin juice. Make up 1/2 pint with water. Mix sugar, cornflour and egg yolks together. Bring orange juice to the boil, pour over egg mixture, stirring well. Return to pan and bring back to the boil, stirring until thickened. Add butter and beat well. Allow to cool.

 

Whisk egg whites and fold into mixture. Pile into flan case. Decorate with mandarins.

Serves 4.

 

Quick Tip

 

Even 1/2 oz. butter can be measured without weighing. Mark off each half pound in ounces with knife and half again until you reach the required amount.

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