Paris Train Station Flan

[AB Editor]

Morning!

I'd like to recreate french train station flan please! I.e. set custard that feels like junk food?

Anyone got a good recipe?

[grasscarp]

https://www.ricardocuisine.com/en/recipes/5933-parisian-flan-french-custard-pie-

[AB Editor]

Have you made that one Grasscarp? What did the texture end up like?

[grasscarp]

No. I haven't made it so I don't know. A couple of the reviews gave it 5 stars.

[AB Editor]

It was the other one on the page that concerned me.

It did seem pretty close, although I don't think I need a base?

[Jackdaw33]

Problem for me would be that it is an American recipe. Depends on the size of your cups! Is cornstarch the same as cornflour?

[ummmm]

Jack - yes.

And you can buy cups for a couple of quid that have the American cup sizes as well the the UK measurements.

[mccfluff]

are these flans you can only get in a french train station? Is there a secret guild of french train station flan makers?

[Mamyalynne]

To me it is simply what I've always called a Baked egg custard - this is the recipe I would use.

A thing of joy, real comfort food - you can of course do it in a pastry case or do some individual ones in ramekins.

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/6355/baked+egg+custard

[AB Editor]

"are these flans you can only get in a french train station? Is there a secret guild of french train station flan makers?"

I think I'm trying to define them that way as I want the super junkfood version?

As for the guild... I can't find them on google, so that's pretty secret?

[mccfluff]

i wonder what the secret handshake would be like...

[Mamyalynne]

Messy.

[AB Editor]

I want that Mayma, but, can it be carried? Is it portable without the dish?

[Mamyalynne]

What do the French serve it in- a bag?

[Mamyalynne]

If you want to take it out and about, make individual ones in pastry cases.

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/egg_custard_tarts_15352

[Jackdaw33]

You will need to cook it in a pastry case. My mother always did.

[Mamyalynne]

Agreed if you're taking it to work etc but it's just as delicious without and less stodgy if you are cutting down on pastry etc.

[AB Editor]

It was in a bag Mamya! on a pretend cardboard plate!

[Mamyalynne]

Well then for the full experience you'll need to buy some plates and bags.

[AB Editor]

Maybe there was the merest suggestion of crust...