Plum Nut Flan

Name: Plum Nut Flan
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: 4 oz (100 g) caster sugar; 4 oz (100 g) softened butter or soft margarine, plus extra for greasing; 8 oz (225 g) hard green or yellow plums; 2 tablespoons (2 x 15 ml spoon) natural yogurt; 2 large eggs (size 1–2); the yolk of 1 egg; 1½ oz (40 g) caster sugar; the white of 1 egg; ½ teaspoon (2.5 ml spoon) vanilla essence; 4 oz (100 g) ground almonds; 2 oz (50 g) walnuts, chopped finely; a pinch of salt; 1 oz (25 g) preserved ginger, chopped finely

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sweet Dreams

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1985

About

This easy pudding is useful for those first plums that appear in the shops, which are too hard and sour to eat raw. Apples can be used, outside the plum season. The flan base is moist, nutty and rich, with a hint of ginger.

Ingredients

4 oz (100 g) softened butter or soft margarine, plus extra for greasing
4 oz (

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to the first setting. Butter a 9½-10-inch (24–25 cm) ovenproof flan dish. Whisk the butter or margarine with the caster sugar and a pinch of salt until fluffy. Whisk in the two eggs one by