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 Desserts
Recipes - Chocolate Mint Crisp Flan Recipe
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Dessert Recipes - Chocolate Mint Crisp Flan Recipe
Ingredients
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200 g/7 oz/1 small
packet of ginger nut biscuits (cookies),
crushed
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75 g/3 oz/3/4 cup plain
(semi-sweet) chocolate, melted
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75 g/3 oz/3/4cup
butter, melted
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3 egg yolks
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125 g/4 1/2 oz/generous
1/2 cup caster (superfine) sugar
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45 ml/3 tbsp creme de
menthe
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10 ml/2 tsp powdered
gelatin
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30 ml/2 tbsp water
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A few drops of green
food coloring
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250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup
double (heavy) cream
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1 egg white
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A few mint sprigs
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3 square chocolate
after-dinner mints, diagonally halved into
triangles
Method:
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Mix the crushed biscuits with the melted chocolate
and butter. Press INTO a 23 cm/9 in flan dish (pie
pan). Chill until firm.
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Put the egg yolks and 100 g/4 oz/1/2 cup of the
sugar in a bowl Mild whisk until thick and pale.
Whisk in the Crème de Menthe until thick.
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Sprinkle the gelatin over the water in a small bowl.
Leave to soften for 5 minutes, then stand the bowl
in a pan of hot water and stir until the gelatin has
completely dissolved (or heat briefly in the
microwave).
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Stir into the egg yolk mixture with a few drops of
green food coloring. Whip the cream until peaking
and fold about two-thirds into the green food
coloring.
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Whip the cream until peaking and fold about
two-thirds into the green mixture. Turn into the
flan case. Chill until set.
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Meanwhile, lightly beat the egg white and brush over
the mint sprigs, then dust with the remaining caster
sugar. Leave on a sheet of greaseproof (waxed) paper
to dry.
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Just before serving, decorate the top of the flan
with the remaining whipped cream, the chocolate
triangles and the frosted mint sprigs.
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