Anne Willan

Far Breton

Prune Flan

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000French Regional Cooking
French Regional Cooking

By Anne Willan

Published 1981

  • About

Dark raisins often replace the prunes in ‘far breton’, making ‘far aux raisins’. Soak them in the rum for 30 minutes, drain them well and use the fruit and the rum as in this recipe.

Ingredients

125 g prunes

Method

Soak the prunes in a bowl of hot water for 2 hours or until soft; then drain them. Butter a baking dish thoroughly and spread the fruit in the baking dish. Set the oven at moderate (175°C/350°F).

Sift the flour into a bowl and make a well in the centre. Add the milk to the well and lightly whisk in the flour until just mixed. Strain if there are any lumps. Add the sugar, eggs and rum an