Spinach and Brie flan

Name: Spinach and Brie flan
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 3 large spring onions, cut into thin 2 cm (¾ inch) sticks; 190 g (6¼ oz) frozen English spinach, thawed; 1 egg; 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan; 2 ripe tomatoes, thinly sliced and dried on paper towels; 250 g (8 oz) Brie, thinly sliced; 30 g (1 oz) unsalted butter; 1 onion, chopped; ½ quantity puff pastry; 1 egg, beaten; 180 ml (5¾ fl oz) thick (double) cream

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 25

Appears in

Quiches & Pastries

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

Creamy Brie cheese is combined with onion, spinach and tomato for the filling of this puff-pastry flan. It is best served warm with a tomato or crisp green salad.

Ingredients

½ quantity puff pastry
1 egg, beaten

Pastry
Starter
Vegetarian

Method

Grease an 18.5 x 2.5 cm (7¼ x 1 inch) loose-bottomed flan tin. Preheat the oven to moderately hot 200°C (400°F/Gas 6). Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to a 1 mm (1/16 inch) thickness, or as thinly as you can—thin enough to read through it—and li