Far Breton
From lanijoy 15 years ago
- 35 minutes to make
- Serves 10
A far is a custardy pudding cake, similar to clafouti but with a dense, smooth flan-like texture. This one is a signature of Brittany, served for breakfast as well as dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 c. pitted prunes shopping list
- 2 T. rum shopping list
- Seeds from 1 vanilla bean shopping list
- 12 c. unbleached all-purpose flour shopping list
- ½ c. vanilla flavored sugar * shopping list
- 5 large eggs shopping list
- 2 c. warm milk shopping list
- 1 T. butter for baking pan shopping list
- * Make vanilla sugar several weeks in advance: one emptied pod for each cup of sugar shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 450
- Add prunes and rum to the seeds from the vanilla bean and let sit for at least 15 minutes to allow the prunes to absorb the liquor. If time permits, they may macerte for several hours.
- Place flour, sugar, eggs in large mixing bowl. Beat with wire whisk until blended. While still beating, slowly add the arm milk, then stir in prunes with the rum.
- Butter a straight-sided ceramic dish. Carefully pour the batter into the pan. Bake for 10 minutes, and then reduce to 350 and bake 25 minutes longer.
- Serve the flan warm or at room temperature from the baking dish, cutting into wedges.
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