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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

Keywords for this recipe:Tart Flan Custard Pâtisserie Ramekins

For 8 servings, you will need:

0 6 apples
1 30 g butter
2 80 g caster sugar
3 50 ml Calvados (apple liqueur) (optional)
4 400 g Paris flan filling
Total weight: 1,640 grams

Change these quantities to make: 4 servings 8 servings 16 servings 24 servings

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
18 min.	41 min.	59 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Caramelised apple custards : Photo of step #1

Peel 6 apples and chop fairly small.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

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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.

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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.

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

Stage 5 - 4 min.

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Pour the custard over.

Stage 6 - 30 min.

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Bake for about 30 minutes.

Stage 7

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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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,327 Kcal or 5,556 Kj	23 gr	278 gr	104 gr
66 %	9 %	26 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
81 Kcal or 339 Kj	1 gr	17 gr	6 gr
4 %	1 %	2 %	1 %

Per servings
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
166 Kcal or 695 Kj	3 gr	35 gr	13 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).

How much will it cost?

For 8 servings : 4.53 €
Per servings : 0.57 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Paris flan filling: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pear and chocolate Paris puddings, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Oaty walnut cake , Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée), Jam doughnuts, Strawberry and rhubarb crumble, Chestnut cake, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, Potatoes with prawns, Loaf for "les filles'", French onion soup, Red rice pannequets, ... All
	Apple: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Apple Batter Puddings, Warm apple feuillantines, Alsatian apple tart, Caramelised apple pie, Apple crisps, ... All

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