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Caramelised apple custards

A Parisian flan-style egg custard, poured over sautéed and caramelised (flambéed, even) apples, baked in individual ramekins.

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Last modified on: June 9^th 2021

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For 8 servings, you will need:

1 6 apples
2 30 g butter
3 80 g caster sugar
4 50 ml Calvados (apple liqueur) (optional)
5 400 g Paris flan filling
Total weight: 1,590 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

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18 min.	41 min.	59 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Peel 6 apples and chop fairly small.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Melt 30 g butter in a large frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add 80 g caster sugar, then add the chopped apples.

Stage 3 - 8 min.

Sauté together until the apples are golden brown.

Note: At this stage you can flambé the apples in Calvados, rum or other spirit of your choice.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Stage 4 - 4 min.

Divide the apples between the ramekins, and sit these on a baking sheet.

Stage 5 - 4 min.

Pour the custard over.

Stage 6 - 30 min.

Bake for about 30 minutes.

Stage 7

Serve warm or cold.

Remarks

You can vary this recipe with lots of other fruit, either fresh (pears, peaches...), or dried (raisins, apricots...).

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,347 Kcal or 5,640 Kj	23 gr	294 gr	108 gr
67 %	9 %	28 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
85 Kcal or 356 Kj	1 gr	19 gr	7 gr
4 %	1 %	2 %	1 %

Per servings
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
168 Kcal or 703 Kj	3 gr	37 gr	14 gr
8 %	1 %	3 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Egg, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 8 servings : 3.53 £
Per servings : 0.44 £

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Paris flan filling: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Parisian-style chocolate custard tart, Caramelized pear custard tart, Pistachio custard tart, Pear and chocolate Paris puddings, Alsatian apple tart, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Caramelized apple rice pudding, Grandma Solange's biscuits, Nougat, Chocolate eclairs, Croissant dough apples, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Breton galettes (pancakes), Lime (or lemon) curd, Fish in white wine, Hamburger buns, Oat shortbread biscuits, ... All
	Apple: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Toffee apple upside-down cake, Alsatian apple tart, Soft apple cookies, Tyrolean apple crumble, Rice pudding with fruit and nuts, ... All

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