French custard pastry (Parisian flan tart)
A French custard (Parisian flan tart) recipe that is easy to prepare.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pastry pie crust
- 4 eggs
- 1 litre of milk (33oz)
- 1 cup of powdered sugar
- 3/4 cup of maizena (cornflour)
- 3 teaspoons of vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat the milk and the vanilla extract in a pan, and bring it to a boil.
- Mix the cornflour with sugar in a separate bowl.
- Beat the eggs separately and then add to the cornflour mixture.
- Reduce the heat of the stove and add the cornflour mixture to the boiling milk and mix everything well.
- Cook the mixture on the stove at a low temperature for 1-2 minutes.
- Start preheating the oven at 200C (400F)
- Unroll the pastry pie crust on a rectangular or round dish.
- Roll out the pie crust in the baking dish and add the cornflour and milk mixture on top.
- Cook in the oven at 200C (400F) for around 40 minutes until the top look firm and lightly browned.
- Remove from oven and let it cool on a countertop for at least 15-20 minutes so that it can harden.
- Serve at room temperature or from the fridge.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 244kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 6gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 101mgSodium: 176mgFiber: 1gSugar: 18g
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