Dessert Recipes - Rum and Raisin Flan Recipe

Ingredients

• 100 g/4 oz/2/3 cup raisins

• 30 ml/2 tbsp hot water

• Rum essence (extract)

• 1 sachet of chocolate blancmange powder

• 600 ml/1 pt/2 1/2 cups milk

• 18 cm/7 in sponge flan case

• Aerosol cream

• Grated chocolate, to decorate

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Method:

1. Put the raisins in a bowl with the hot water and add rum essence to taste. Leave to soak for 1 hour.

2. Meanwhile, make up the blancmange with the milk according to the packet directions. Add the soaked raisins. Taste and add a little more rum essence, if liked.

3. Place the sponge flan on a serving plate. Spoon in the blancmange mixture. Chill until set.

4. Just before serving, add swirls of aerosol cream and sprinkle with grated chocolate. Serve immediately.