Flan of Apricots (Flan d’Abricots)

Ingredients

• Tinned apricots
• Short crust or cornflour pastry
• 2 or 3 whites of eggs
• Sugar
• Cherries and angelica

Method

1. 1

   Bake the pastry case before filling.

2. 2

   Fill with drained apricots and dredge with sugar.

3. 3

   Whip egg whites to stiff froth, mix in sugar, and pile on top of apricots.

4. 4

   Bake until meringue is dry and lightly browned.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 575. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Short crust or cornflour pastry. First prepare the apple mixture for filling the flan. Reserve one good apple to use afterwards, and peel and slice the remainder very thinly. Put them into a saucepan with the butter, sugar, and grated lemon rind, and cook them over the fire until reduced to a pulp, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon. Then turn the mixture on to a plate to cool. Make a flan or open tart with short crust or cornflour pastry as directed above. It should be 6 or 7 inches in diameter for the above amount of mixture, and the mixture is put 0 Apple Flan into it before it is baked. Prick the pastry, sprinkle in the cake-crumbs, and fill three parts full with the apple pulp or marmalade. Now take the uncooked apple, peel it, cut it in quarters, remove the core and slice the pieces evenly and rather thinly. Arrange these slices in a circle round and round the top of the tart, placing them one leaning on the other and covering the apple marmalade entirely. Bake in a good oven until the pastry is nicely browned and well cooked. 'When ready, remove the tart from the oven and allow it to stand a few minutes, then remove the ring, and serve the tart on a plate with a dish paper under it. Note. — Small apple tartlets may be prepared in the same way as the above. Time to bake, \ hour. Sufficient for 4 or 5 persons. Probable cost, 10(7. to Is. 1538. Flan of Apricots (Flan d’Abricots) Tinned apricots. Short crust or cornflour Sugar. 2 or 3 whites of eggs. pastry. Cherries and angelica

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