Baked Gooseberry Flan

Name: Baked Gooseberry Flan
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons cold water (possibly a little more); 1½ oz lard; 12 oz sugar; 2 eggs – well beaten; 2 tablespoons flour; 1 lb sharp gooseberries – topped and tailed; ½ teaspoon salt; 6 oz flour; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1½ oz butter

Preparation info

serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Independent Cook

By Jeremy Round

Published 1988

About

Adapted from a recipe from the Neal’s book Southern Cooking.

Ingredients

pastry

6 oz flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon

Side dish
June

Method

Mix flour, salt and sugar. Rub in the fat. Add water to form a dough that will just hold together. Wrap in clingfilm and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Roll thinly on floured board and line an 11in flan tin. Prick all over with a fork and bake blind for 10-15 minutes at the bottom of an oven set t