Serves:

6

Description:

Vary this delicious flan by replacing nectarines with other summer fruits, cherries or pears.

Ingredients:

• 100g Marie biscuits, crushed
• 50g melted butter or margarine
• 50g finely chopped almonds or hazelnuts
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 tbsp grated lemon zest
• 20g extra butter
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 2 tbsp plain flour, sifted
• 2 eggs
• 4 nectarines

Method:

1. Grease a 20 cm pie or cake tin and line the base with baking paper.
2. Combine biscuit crumbs with melted butter and almonds. Press crumb mixture into the base and two-thirds up the sides of prepared tin. Place tin in freezer while preparing filling.
3. Preheat oven to 200°C.
4. In a small pan, heat milk, lemon zest and extra butter.
5. In a bowl, combine sugar, sifted flour, egg and hot milk.
6. Halve nectarines, remove stones then cut each half into 4 segments. Neatly arrange nectarines in prepared tin then slowly pour custard over fruits.
7. Carefully place flan in oven, lower oven to 150°C and bake for about 30 minutes or until custard is set.
8. Remove from oven and allow to cool in tin. Refrigerate until ready to unmould.

NOTE: If you wish, replace nectarines with apricots, pears, pitted cherries or plums.

Recipe by: Gabriel Gate`

Website: www.gabrielgate.com