Crab Flan

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) pastry dough, case
• 8 ounces cooked crabmeat
• 2 teaspoons finely chopped parsley
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped chives
• 1 ounce butter
• 2 tablespoons rum
• 2 egg yolks
• salt & pepper
• grated nutmeg
• 1 ounce butter
• 1 ounce flour
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 combine crabmeat, parsley, & chives.
• 2 heat butter in saucepan and cook crab mix for 5 minutes.
• 3 sprinkle in the rum.
• 4 pack into pastry case.
• 5 beat egg yolks with sauce, season with s& p.
• 6 pour over the filling.
• 7 bake in moderately hot oven (375°/gas mark 5) for 25 minutes.
• 8 sprinkle with nutmeg before serving.
• 9 sauce:.
• 10 melt butter in saucepan, stir in flour to a smooth paste, cook for 1 minute.
• 11 remove from heat & slowly add milk, stirring all the time.
• 12 bring to the boil, stirring continuously & boil for 2 minutes.
• 13 season to taste.
• 14 variations: the following may be added to the basic sauce.
• 15 2 finely chopped hard boiled eggs.
• 16 3 oz grated cheese & 2 egg yolks.
• 17 1 tblsp chopped chives, tarragon, parsley.