Fruit Flan Recipes

EASY FRENCH FLAN RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat the milk and the vanilla extract in a pan, and bring it to a boil.
• Mix the cornflour with sugar in a separate bowl.
• Beat the eggs separately and then add to the cornflour mixture.
• Reduce the heat of the stove and add the cornflour mixture to the boiling milk and mix everything well.
• Cook the mixture on the stove at a low temperature for 1-2 minutes.
• Start preheating the oven at 200C (400F)
• Unroll the pastry pie crust on a rectangular or round dish.
• Lightly prick the bottom.
• Roll out the pie crust in the baking dish and add the cornflour and milk mixture on top.
• Cook in the oven at 200C (400F) for around 40 minutes until the top look firm and lightly browned.
• Remove from oven and let it cool on a countertop for at least 15-20 minutes so that it can harden.
• Serve at room temperature or from the fridge.

FRESH FRUIT FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-by-15 inch jelly roll pan.
• For the crust, sift together the flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda into a mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, cream together white and confectioners' sugars, butter, vegetable oil, egg, and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients. Blend well. Spread the dough evenly on the bottom of the greased pan. Bake until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow to cool completely.
• For the filling, cream together the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Spread over the cooled crust. Arrange the fruit on the cream cheese filling and refrigerate.
• For the glaze, mix together the sugar and cornstarch in a small saucepan. Whisk in the water, orange juice, and lemon juice. Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil gently for one minute. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.
• Spoon or brush the glaze evenly over the fruit. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

VANILLA CUSTARD FRUIT TART

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Process the flour and butter in a food processor until coarse crumbs form.
• With the motor running, add the water and lemon zest through the feed tube and process until the dough leaves the sides of the bowl.
• Gather the dough into a ball, flatten, wrap in waxed paper, and refrigerate for 30 minutes or just until firm enough to roll out. If not using immediately, wrap with plastic and refrigerate for up to three days or freeze up to three months.
• Gather the ingredients.
• Place the flour and butter into a medium bowl.
• Cut in the butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Add the water and lemon zest. Stir until the dough holds together.
• Gather the dough into a ball, flatten, wrap in waxed paper, and refrigerate for 30 minutes or just until firm enough to roll out. If not using immediately, wrap with plastic and refrigerate for up to three days or freeze up to three months.
• Press the prepared tart dough evenly into the bottom and up the sides of a 9- or 10-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Freeze for 20 to 30 minutes until very firm.
• Preheat the oven to 425 F. Using a fork, prick the bottom of the tart shell at 1-inch intervals.
• Line the pastry snugly with foil.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes until crust is set and just beginning to brown.
• Remove the foil and bake until the crust is golden brown, 10 to 12 additional minutes. Set the crust on a wire rack and cool completely.
• Gather the ingredients.
• In a medium saucepan, mix the sugar, flour, and salt. Whisk in the milk until the mixture has a smooth texture. Make sure the whisk reaches the corners of the pan.
• Bring to a gentle boil over medium heat and, whisking constantly, boil for 4 to 5 minutes until the mixture thickens. Remove the pan from the heat.
• In a small bowl, whisk the egg yolks.
• Gradually whisk in about 1 cup of the hot milk mixture.
• Pour the egg yolk mixture into the saucepan and, whisking constantly, simmer for 2 to 3 minutes until slightly thicker. Remove the pan from the heat.
• Add the butter and vanilla and stir until the butter is melted.
• Strain the custard through a fine sieve set over a medium bowl.
• Place plastic wrap directly on the surface of the custard to keep a skin from forming. Refrigerate until cool, about 1 hour.
• Gather the shell, custard, fruit, and preserve.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, warm the preserve until slightly thinner in consistency, about 5 minutes.
• ​ Stir the chilled custard and spread it into the prepared crust.
• Top with the fresh fruit of your choice.
• Brush the fruit with the preserve. Serve the tart right away or refrigerate, covered, for up to 24 hours. Enjoy.

PASSION FRUIT FLAN RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Pour a cup of sugar (200g) and ⅓ cups (80ml) of passion fruit juice into a saucepan over a medium heat. Let the sugar melt and form a golden color. Don't over stir. Take off the heat.
• Spoon the caramel into each ramekin, and swirl it around so the bottom is covered. Set aside to cool.
• In another saucepan, heat heavy cream, whole milk, vanilla extract, and two tablespoons of passion fruit juice. Stir until well mixed and hot.
• In a large bowl, mix egg yolks, eggs, and gradually pour in the hot passion fruit cream mixture until fully incorporated. Pour the mixture through a sieve to make the mixture smooth.
• Place the ramekins into a large roasting pan. Pour hot water into the pan to come roughly halfway up the sides of the ramekins. Pour the mixture into the ramekins and bake at 350˚F (180˚C) for 45 minutes.
• Let the flan cool outside the oven, and then refrigerate it for at least two hours.
• When you're ready to serve the flan, run a knife around the edges to loosen, place a dish over the top of the ramekin and quickly invert it.
• Enjoy!

FRUIT FLAN

Steps:

• rub flour and fat together untill resembles bread crumbs
• then add sugar if you have no caster sugar cream the granulated sugar into the butter then add the flour bring together to a soft paste , do not need pastry requires little effort . let pastry rest for 15 mins in cling film in the fridge
• once rested line a greased flan case put a peice of cling film over the top and fill with baking beans or lentils and bake till golden brown . put milk on the hob with vanilla pod and seeds and start to boil , mean while cut your selected fruit and if using bananas toss in lemon juice to prevent browning
• mix corn flour custard powder and the egg together till pale then strain your scorching milk over the mix and beat quickley and hard , then put back in the pan return to the heat whilst whisking once it resembles a thick glue remove from heat .and spread inside your flan case
• leave to cool for a while till set then decorate your flan with the fruit
• make a stock syrup from 2 oz of sugar and a pint of water on the heat till resembles wall paper paste carefully using a pastry brush or ladle cover all the fruit leave to set and serve

FRESH FRUIT TART

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the flour, cornmeal and lemon juice to form a dough. Press onto bottom and up the sides of a greased 9-in. tart pan with removable bottom. Bake at 425° for 9-11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely on wire rack., For filling, beat the cream cheese, sugar and milk until smooth. Spread over cooled crust. Arrange berries or fruit over filling. Refrigerate while preparing glaze., For fruit glaze, in a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, apricot nectar and lemon juice until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Cool; brush over fruit. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Refrigerate leftovers.

EASY FRESH FRUIT TART

Steps:

• adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 425 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Unfold thawed pastry onto baking sheet and prepare pastry shell.
• Brush a 1/2 inch border along the edges of the pastry with water. Fold the long edges of the pastry over by 1/2 inch, then fold the short edges over by 1/2 inch.
• working lengthwise, lightly score the outer edge of all folded edges of the tart shell with a paring knife.
• To prevent the center of the tart from puffing up in the oven, poke the dough repeatedly with a fork.
• combine sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle mixture over inside of tart shell. Transfer to wire rack and let cool at least 1 hour.
• While crust is baking, stir softened cream cheese, 2 tablespoons jelly, and vanilla in bowl until smooth. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Spread cream cheese mixture over inside of cooled tart shell. Place remaining jelly in large microwave safe bowl and microwave on high power until jelly melts, about 30 seconds. Add berries to bowl and toss gently until coasted with the jelly. Spoon berries over cream cheese mixture and refrigerate until jelly is set, at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours. Let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes. Serve.

FRUIT PIZZA RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a half sheet pan and set aside. Alternately, you can line with parchment paper and set aside.In a large bowl, stir butter and sugar until well mixed. Add the egg, vanilla extract and almond extract and stir again. Slowly incorporate the flour and baking powder until a dough forms. If it looks a little crumbly, this is normal. If you squeeze some dough together in your hands, it should form a ball that keeps its shape.
• Press the dough into the prepared half sheet pan to create an even layer across the bottom and up the sides slightly. Bake 12 minutes or until edges are lightly golden. Let crust cool completely.
• For the filling, beat milk, pudding mix, and almond extract together until smooth and thickened. Beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form. Fold cream into the pudding mixture, then spread evenly over crust. Top with fruit and serve.