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Paris flan filling

Name: Paris flan filling
Prep time: 29 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 41 min
Yield: 900 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 300 ml whole milk; 300 ml liquid cream; 1 vanilla pod; 3 eggs; 100 g caster sugar; 40 g cornflour; 50 g butter; 80 g dark chocolate; 80 g pistachio powder or paste

This is how to prepare the custard filling for a classic Parisian "flan". This is not the whole recipe, just the filling mixture, which can be used in lots of other flan-style recipes on this site.

90 K 3.9/5 (14 reviews)

45 min.

Easy

5.20 €

900 g

9 Ingredients

Last modified on: February 25^th 2023

For 900 g, you will need:

1 300 ml whole milk
2 300 ml liquid cream
3 1 vanilla pod
4 3 eggs
5 100 g caster sugar
6 40 g cornflour
7 50 g butter
8 80 g dark chocolate (optional)
9 80 g pistachio powder or paste (optional)
Total weight: 945 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 15 min.

Resting: 15 min.

Cooking: 15 min.

All in all: 45 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 7 min.

Pour 300 ml whole milk into a saucepan on medium heat. Scrape the inside of 1 vanilla pod into it.

Mix well and bring to the boil.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 15 min.

Take off the heat, cover and leave to infuse for 10 to 15 minutes.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

Meanwhile, put 3 eggs, 100 g caster sugar and 40 g cornflour into a bowl and mix well.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

Pour the vanilla milk-cream mixture into this while stirring or whisking gently.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 2 min.

Mix thoroughly.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 4 min.

Wash the saucepan, then pour the mixture back into it through a fine strainer.

Stage 7

You'll see how this eliminates all the solid bits from the mixture (egg shell, remains of vanilla pod, etc.).

Stage 8 - ⌛ 5 min.

Put the pan on low heat and allow the mixture to thicken slightly while stirring constantly.

Note: This is not essential, but it makes it easier to bake and set your custard afterwards.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 2 min.

Take off the heat, then add 50 g butter and mix thoroughly.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 2 min.

Finish by giving a blast with a blender to leave the filling smooth.

Stage 11

You flan filling is ready for use in your recipe.

Stage 12

Chocolate

If you'd like to try the chocolate version, at stage 9 (before the butter), add 80 g dark chocolate, preferably in the form of chocolate drops or chips.

Stage 13

Mix thoroughly until the chocolate has completely melted in, then carry on the recipe as normal from stage 9.

Stage 14

Pistachio

If you want to make a pistachio flan version, in step 9 (before the butter) add 80 g pistachio powder or paste, and whisk until fully incorporated.

Remarks

For the chocolate version, you can use milk chocolate instead of dark.

For a pistachio filling, use pistachio paste instead of the chocolate.

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

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	60 RDI=20 %	240 RDI=20 %	200 RDI=30 %	3,000 RDI=150 %	12,560 RDI: 150 %
Per 100 g	5 RDI=2 %	30 RDI=2 %	20 RDI=3 %	320 RDI=20 %	1,330 RDI: 20 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, egg, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 900 g : 5.20 €

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