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Verbena flan

Name: Verbena flan
Prep time: 49 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 3 h 24 min
Yield: 1 flan
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 handful verbena; 900 g paris flan filling; 2 tablespoons verveine liqueur; 300 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)

In this recipe, a delicious variation on the Parisian flan with verbena, you'll see that the delicate taste of verbena goes very well with the slightly creamy sweetness of the flan.

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Duration

3 hours 25 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: November 5^th 2026

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For 1 flan, you will need:

1 1 handful verbena
2 900 g paris flan filling
3 2 tablespoons verveine liqueur (optional)
4 300 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
Total weight: 1,200 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

50 min.

Resting

2 hours

Cooking

35 min.

All in all

3 hours 25 min.

Preparation 50 min.

Resting 2 hours

Cooking 35 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 1 min.

Rinse verbena quickly under cold running water, then dry in a tea towel.

Step 2 - ⌛ 2 min.

Separate the leaves from the stems (which you can compost or throw away).

Step 3 - ⌛ 30 min.

Prepare 900 g paris flan filling, and just as the cream + milk mixture is about to come to the boil, add the verbena leaves, roughly cut with scissors, and leave to infuse for 15 minutes, covered, after boiling.

Step 4

When preparing the flan mixture, pour the cream + milk + verbena mixture over the eggs + sugar, and strain through a sieve to remove the verbena leaves.

Step 5

Press down with a spoon or maryse to release the flavour.

Step 6

Finish the preparation as usual.

At the end of the cooking time, you can add 2 tablespoons verveine liqueur to reinforce the taste, and lightly color the flan.

Step 7 - ⌛ 10 min.

Preheat your oven to 200°C (390°F).

Place a 20 cm (8-inch) diameter flan ring on a sheet of baking paper on a baking sheet.

Line the ring with the puff pastry.

Step 8 - ⌛ 15 min.

Fill with ceramic beads (or other cooking medium), and bake for 15 minutes.

Step 9 - ⌛ 3 min.

Remove beads and paper.

Step 10 - ⌛ 3 min.

Pour in the verbena flan mixture.

Step 11 - ⌛ 20 min.

Place low in the oven and bake for 20-30 minutes.

Step 12 - ⌛ 2 hours

Leave to cool before placing on a plate, then chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours before serving.

Remarks

If you don't use verbena liqueur in step 6, you can add 1 or 2 drops of green food coloring.

You can consult the 3 secrets of Parisian flan page for all the tips you need to know about flans.

Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, protected by cling film.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	5 g RDI=7 %	20 g RDI=8 %	21 g RDI=28 %	285 kcal RDI=14 %	1,193 kJ RDI=14 %
Whole recipe	57 g RDI=88 %	243 g RDI=92 %	246 g RDI=337 %	3,420 kcal RDI=171 %	14,319 kJ RDI=171 %