Name: Flan de Pommes d’Amour (Baked Tomato Custard)
Yield: 4
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 2 courgettes/zucchini, cut in ¼ in/5 mm slices crosswise; 2 eggs & 2 eggs yolks; 2 firm ripe tomatoes, cut in ¼ in/5 mm slices; 2 tsp/10 ml fresh tarragon, coarsely chopped; salt & black pepper; 2 tbsp/30 ml crème fraîche or double/heavy cream; 1 tbsp/15 ml good tomato coulis

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Table in Provence

By Leslie Forbes

Published 1987

About

This custard, with its pleasing layers of green courgettes/zucchini & red tomatoes, is very good, with roasts & poultry.

Ingredients

2 courgettes/zucchini, cut in ¼ in/5 mm slices crosswise
2 eggs & 2 eggs yolks

Method

Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C/gas 4 & blanch courgettes. Beat together eggs, tomato coulis, cream, tarragon, salt & pepper. Grease 4 small metal cocottes & into them layer courgettes & tomatoes (alternately). Divide the beaten egg mixture between the four dishes & pla