Nourriture Française pour le "Super Bowl" - Flan au Roquefort

French Food for the Super Bowl - Roquefort Flan

For the Super Bowl this weekend in the U.S., Louis la Vache decided to offer an easy French dish that can be used as an appetizer, Flan au Roquefort. Louis la Vache also likes to promote the dairy industry to help promote the livelihood of his sister vaches,, so he is pleased to promote this dish made avec lait et Roquefort.

À table!

Flan au Roquefort

Serves 6 - 8
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Oven time: 35 minutes
Preheat the oven to 375º F/ 190º C

INGREDIENTS:

18 ounces milk
4 eggs
1/4 cup (2 oz) all-purpose flour
5 oz Roquefort cheese
freshly ground black pepper

Lettuce for garnish (see below)

METHOD:

1. In a medium saucepan, bring the milk to the boil .
2. Meanwhile, in a medium-size mixing bowl, crush the Roquefort cheese with a fork ; add an egg and mix, then add the flour and keep crushing with the fork in order to obtain the smoothest mixture that you can. Add the left 3 eggs, one by one, while beating like an omelette.
3. Add freshly-ground pepper to tastge, then pour the milk slowly in the mixture while mixing.
4. Pour the preparation in a lightly greased flan ring and bake in oven at for 35 minutes, until set and the top is golden brown.
5. Allow to completely cool on a cooling rack. Refrigerate the flan if you are making it well in advance of serving.
6. At serving time, slice the flan and serve it on a bed of lettuce.

The bed of Lettuce :
Wash and dry lettuce leaves. On a chopping board, crumple a few leaves together with your fingers and cut thin strips with a knife like you would cut sausage slices.

Variations:

By pouring the filling into a very lightly baked pâte brisée shell and baking it , you will have une tarte au Roquefort.

Add 1/3 cup chopped toasted walnuts to the mixture before baking.

Voici! Bon appétit!

This recette is also posted at The Frog Blog of Louis la Vache