Melon Flan

Category: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Ready in 1 hour

Ingredients

200 g Caster sugar

250 ml milk

Icing sugar and mint leaves

25 g Arrowroot

Flour for dusting

; decoration

5 md Eggs

250 g Sweet pastry

1 Melon; (Charatois or Ogen)


Directions

Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/gas 7. Line a 25cm flan dish with the pastry and bake blind. Peel and slice the melon (removing the seeds). Make a syrup with 75g sugar and 2tbsp water and poach the melon slices for 1 minute, drain. Prepare the filling by mixing together the eggs, arrowroot and 75g sugar. Beat well then mix in the milk. Lay the melon in the bottom of the pastry case and pour over the filling. Bake for 25 minutes then sprinkle the top of the flan with the remaining sugar. Glaze under the grill, until golden protecting the pastry if necessary with foil. Dust place with icing sugar. Remove a slice of tart and dust lightly. Serve with vanilla ice cream, vanilla pod and mint leaf for decoration. DISCLAIMER(c) Copyright 1996 - SelecTV Cable Limited. All rights reserved. Carlton Food Network http://www.cfn.co.uk/

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