Flan Patissier
Flan pâtissier nature is a traditional preparation often found in French bakeries and patisseries. This recipe is a base to which you can add fruit or other ingredients.
Ingredients
- 500 ml whole milk
- 150 g white granulated sugar or 10 tablespoons fructose
- 80 g (8 tablespoons) cornstarch
- 3 whole eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 200 g puff pastry, rolled to 3–6 mm thick
Ingredients for 7 servings (1.1 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Preheat oven to 200°C. If using frozen puff pastry take it out from the freezer.
Oven - 2
Heat the milk in a saucepan until scalding but not boiling.
Stovetop - 3
In a bowl, mix the sugar and the cornstarch, then beat in the whole eggs. Very gradually whisk the hot milk into this mixture to avoid cooking the egg. Add the vanilla extract, and return this mixture to the saucepan.
Stovetop - 4
Cook for 5 minutes over medium heat, stirring constantly to avoid curdling. Remove from the heat before it gets to the boiling point.
Stovetop - 5
Line a buttered metal pie pan with the puff pastry to make a crust. Fill the crust with the hot custard.
- 6
Bake for 25–30 minutes in the preheated oven until golden on the top. Cool to room temperature, then chill in the refrigerator.
Oven
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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