704. Flancs

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

for the pastry

half-puff or short paste ↝ Cheese pastry puffs [Doughnuts, sweet rolls, pastries]

for the filling

raw cherries ↝ Cherries, raw [Other fruits and fruit salads]
some pounded sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]

alternative fillings

Greengages
apricots ↝ Apricots, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
any kind of plums ↝ Plums, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Instructions (5)

Prepare the pastry (half-puff or short paste).
Fill the pastry with raw cherries and sprinkle some pounded sugar over.
Bake together.
If using greengages, apricots, or any kind of plums, use a hotter oven than for flour only in it, as the fruit gives moisture to the paste.
Avoid baking in a slow oven, as this will result in the flans being heavy and indigestible.

Original Text · last edited 13 days ago

704. Flancs, with any kind of fruit, like a vol-au-vent, are more easily made, and are equally as good a side dish. This may be made of half-puff or short paste, and fill with raw cherries and some pounded sugar over: bake together. Greengages, apricots, or any kind of plums, will require a hotter oven than for flour only in it, the fruit giving moisture to the paste; if baked in a slow oven will be heavy, and consequently indigestible.

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