The Art of French Baking

Parisian Custard or Flan 'a la parisienne is a French custard. Its soft and little crunch on the outside. I have this book, The Art of French Baking as you seen below :

This book its totally amazing, it teaches you how simple treats can turn into something beyond your imagination. It comes with many chapter from the scratch to the excellent sweet treats. Its worth it.

This is one recipe i had tried and it absolutely has a gorgeous texture and wonderful taste!

Parisian Custard :

Prep time : 10 Minutes, plus cooling time

Cooking time : 45 Minutes

Serves : 6

30g butter,melted, plus extra for greasing

200g plain flour

100g caster sugar

4 eggs

1 litre milk

Vanilla Sugar, to taste

Method :

Preheat the oven to 180*C/350*F/Gas Mark 4 and grease a 20 cm(8 inch) charlotte mould with butter. ( if you don't have charlotte mould a normal  baking round pan will do)

Put the flour in a bowl. Make a well and put the sugar, eggs and butter into it, then beat to combine. Stir the vanilla sugar into the milk and add to the flour mixture. Beat the butter until completely smooth.

Pour into the prepared mould, place in a roasting tin half filled with hot water and bake for 45 minutes. Turn out and serve cold. 

Charlotte Mould :