Almond Pear Flan
Created by TeresaS on December 3, 2015
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 1h
- Cook Time: 35m
- Recipe #21979
Ingredients
- FOR PASTRY
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 ounces butter
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- FOR FILLING
- 4 ounces butter
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 4 1/4 ounces ground almonds (1 cup ground)
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 18 ounces pears (3 pears, peeled, cored, quartered)
- 2 tablespoons apricot jam
How to Make
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Step 1: Pastry: Combine all ingredients in processor, process until combined.
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Step 2: Remove to lightly floured surface, knead into smooth ball, cover, refrigerate 30 minutes.
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Step 3: Roll pastry large enough to line a 9-inch flan tin.
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Step 4: Filling: Cream butter and sugar together until just combined, add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
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Step 5: Fold in almonds and flour.
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Step 6: Spread filling into pastry case, place pear quarters over filling, bake in moderate 350 degree oven 35 minutes or until golden brown.
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Step 7: Brush with warmed sieved apricot jam.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (213.7 g)
- Calories 625.4
- Total Fat - 43.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 19.5 g
- Cholesterol - 764.5 mg
- Sodium - 229.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 43.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.3 g
- Sugars - 20.5 g
- Protein - 16.5 g
- Calcium - 132.8 mg
- Iron - 2.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 16.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg