Dessert Recipes - Blackcurrant Whip Flan Recipe

Ingredients

• 200 g/7 oz/1 small packet of Marie or other plain biscuits (cookies), crushed

• 75 g/3 oz/1/3 cup unsalted (sweet) butter, melted

• 450 g/1 lb blackcurrants, stripped from the stalks

• 30 ml/2 tbsp orange juice

• 3 eggs, separated

• 100 g/4 oz/1/2 cup caster (superfine) sugar

• 15 ml/1 tbsp powdered gelatin

• 30 ml/2 tbsp water

• Orange yoghurt, to serve

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Method:

1. Mix the crushed biscuits with the melted butter and press into a 20 cm/8 in Ban dish (pie pan). Chill until firm.

2. Put the blackcurrants in a pan with the orange juice and stew until the fruit 'pops' and the juice runs. Puree in a blender or food processor, then pass through a sieve (strainer).

3. Put the egg yolks and sugar in a large bowl with the puree. Place the bowl over a pan of hot water and whisk until thick.

4. Sprinkle the gelatin over the water in a small bowl. Leave to soften for 5 minutes, then place the bowl over a pan of hot water and stir until the gelatin has dissolved completely (or heat briefly in the microwave).

5. Stir into the fruit mixture. Whisk the egg whites until stiff and fold into the mixture.

6. Turn into the flan case (pie shell) and chill until set. Serve with orange yoghurt.