Individual Artichoke Flans

Flans aux Artichauts

Preparation info
  • Makes

    6

    First-Course Servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Glorious French Food

By James Peterson

Published 2002

  • About

This is an example of how you can take a soup and turn it into a flan by beating it with a little egg and baking it in individual molds. You only need to avoid soups that contain a lot of starch, such as potatoes or flour, because they make the custard too dense. This recipe is virtually identical to the purée georgette, except that the bread crumbs have been left out and eggs have been added to turn the soup into a flan. I serve these flans as an accompan