2014 - Vancouver - Favorite Fresh Fig Flan (HFFFF)
Welcome to Happy Fourple "F" Monday (HFFFF)
it goes like this:
Favourite Friend Francis Fowler gave us:
Forty Four Fresh Figs.
we went to the internet and googled:
Fabulous Fresh Fig Favorites.
in:
Four thousand Four hundred & Forty Four milliseconds (slow net today) google returned:
Four million, Four hundred thousand Forty Four hits.
we selected a recipe for:
Favourite Fresh Fig Flan.
when baked:
Four Friends Feasted Favorably.
enough:
Foolish Frivolous Fig Fun.
The recipe For Fresh Fig Flan Follows (oops 5 F's):
INGREDIENTS
4 tablespoons butter, melted, plus butter for greasing pan
1 cup natural raw almonds (not blanched)
¼ cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons for sprinkling
¼ cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
⅛ teaspoon cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon salt
3 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons honey
½ teaspoon almond extract
12 to 14
PREPARATION
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 9-inch fluted tart pan or pie pan; set aside. Put almonds and 1/4 cup sugar in a food processor and grind to a coarse powder. Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt; pulse to combine.
In a mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, melted butter, honey and almond extract. Add almond mixture and beat for a minute until batter is just mixed. Pour batter into pan.
Remove stem from each fig and cut in half. Arrange fig halves cut-side up over the batter. Sprinkle figs with sugar and bake for 30 minutes, until golden outside and dry at center when probed with a cake tester. Cool before serving.
2014 - Vancouver - Favorite Fresh Fig Flan (HFFFF)
Welcome to Happy Fourple "F" Monday (HFFFF)
it goes like this:
Favourite Friend Francis Fowler gave us:
Forty Four Fresh Figs.
we went to the internet and googled:
Fabulous Fresh Fig Favorites.
in:
Four thousand Four hundred & Forty Four milliseconds (slow net today) google returned:
Four million, Four hundred thousand Forty Four hits.
we selected a recipe for:
Favourite Fresh Fig Flan.
when baked:
Four Friends Feasted Favorably.
enough:
Foolish Frivolous Fig Fun.
The recipe For Fresh Fig Flan Follows (oops 5 F's):
INGREDIENTS
4 tablespoons butter, melted, plus butter for greasing pan
1 cup natural raw almonds (not blanched)
¼ cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons for sprinkling
¼ cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
⅛ teaspoon cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon salt
3 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons honey
½ teaspoon almond extract
12 to 14
PREPARATION
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 9-inch fluted tart pan or pie pan; set aside. Put almonds and 1/4 cup sugar in a food processor and grind to a coarse powder. Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt; pulse to combine.
In a mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, melted butter, honey and almond extract. Add almond mixture and beat for a minute until batter is just mixed. Pour batter into pan.
Remove stem from each fig and cut in half. Arrange fig halves cut-side up over the batter. Sprinkle figs with sugar and bake for 30 minutes, until golden outside and dry at center when probed with a cake tester. Cool before serving.