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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes |
Ready In: 70 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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A delicious recipe that looks awesome. This recipe has been adopted from Zaar. No updates have been made yet. Ingredients:
3/4 cup flour |
1/4 teaspoon salt |
2 1/2 tablespoons margarine |
2 1/2 tablespoons shortening |
1 cup cold water, to mix as necessary |
3 tablespoons apricot jam |
1/4 cup margarine |
1/4 cup sugar |
1 egg |
1/4 cup self-raising flour |
1 1/4 cups milk |
4 teaspoons almond extract |
2 tablespoons blanched almonds |
2 tablespoons butter |
2 tablespoons brown sugar |
Directions:
1. Prepare a moderately hot oven 400°F Place an 8-inch fluted flan ring on a baking sheet.
2. Place flour and salt in a bowl; cut fats into small pieces until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs; Add about 1 1/2 tbsp cold water and mix with a fork to form a firm dough; Turn out on to a floured board and knead lightly; Roll out pastry to a circle, 1 1/2 in larger all around than flan ring; Support pastry on rolling pin and lift on to flan rings: gently ease pastry into flan ring and press into flutes; Roll of surplus pastry with rolling pin across top of flan case; Press pastry into flutes again with the fingers.
3. Spread jam in base of flan case.
4. Cream margarine and sugar together until light; Beat egg and add gradually, beating well after each addition; Fold in flour; Place 4 tablespoons of the top of the milk in a small saucepan; reserve for topping; Stir remainder into creamed mixture with almond extract; Pour mixture into flan case.
5. Bake in centre of oven for 20 to 25 minutes; remove flan ring.
6. Meanwhile, make topping.
7. Chop almonds, place on a baking sheet in bottom of oven for about 10 minutes, to brown.
8. Add butter and brown sugar to reserved top of the milk in saucepan; stir over a moderate heat until sugar has melted.
9. Bring to the boil and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
10. Stir in browned almonds.
11. Spread topping over flan and return flan to oven; cook for a further 10 minutes.
12. Serve warm or cold.
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