Flan Boulanger

The Flan tart (Flan Boulanger), also known as the flan Parisien, is the inspiration of many childhood memories in France. The flan is a good example of how to stretch the profitability of food by using leftover dough for the crust and ingredients that are typically on hand, such as eggs, sugar, and milk. In the “old days,” the flan would have been baked using the residual heat of the oven left over from dinner. Modern variations substitute the sweet yeast dough (pâte levée sucrée) with a sh