Pear and honey flan

Name: Pear and honey flan
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 125 ml (4 fl oz) cream; icing sugar, for dusting; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon cornflour or potato starch; 1 teaspoon cornflour or potato starch; 40 g (1¼ oz) sugar; 1 drop vanilla extract or essence; 1 drop vanilla extract or essence; 60 g (2 oz) honey; 250 g (8 oz) canned or bottled pears in syrup; 150 g (5 oz) plain flour; 2 tablespoons caster sugar; 75 g (2½ oz) unsalted butter, chopped; 1 egg, lightly beaten

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 40

Appears in

Regional French

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

This deliciously light tart of pears caramelized in honey is best served lukewarm and dusted with icing sugar The pears could be replaced by the same quantity of another fruit.

Ingredients

Pastry

150 g (5 oz) plain flour
2 tablespoons caster

Pie
Vegetarian

Method

To make the pastry, preheat the oven to moderately hot 200°C (400°F/Gas 6). Sift the flour into a large bowl, add the sugar and butter and rub in with your fingers until the mixture is evenly coloured and resembles fine breadcrumbs. Shake the bowl to check all t