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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.

 

 

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Uploaded on October 20, 2014
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