Raspberry and Lemon Flan (TMX Budget Busters)

[JuliaC83]

Name of Recipe: Raspberry and Lemon Flan (Thermomix Budget Busters)
Number of People: 4-6
Ingredients:
180g Sugar
Zest and juice 3 lemons
4 large eggs AND 2 egg yolks
200g cream
40g couscous or polenta (optional)
300g frozen or fresh raspberries


Preparation:
Preheat oven to 160C and butter/oil a shallow baking dish (such as a quiche dish)
Place sugar and lemon zest into TM bowl and mill for 10 seconds on speed 10.
Add eggs and yolks. Beat for 20 seconds on speed 5.
Add cream and couscous or polenta and mix a further 20 seconds on speed 4.
Place raspberries into baking dish and press down slightly with MC to flatten and extract juice.
Pour batter over raspberries and bake for 30-40 minutes until set in centre and golden. Dust with icing sugar before serving warm or cold (optional).

Tips/Hints:
The recipe doesn't include when to add the lemon juice! So I just used the zest and still got enough of a lemon taste throughout.
I used frozen raspberries so didn't flatten them as suggested, and that was no problems to end result.
I used 40g polenta.
I used "whipping cream" which had not been whipped.
Once removed from oven, the dish needs to be left for 10-15 minutes before serving as it needs to set. A little bit like an Impossible Pie.

Very easy and delicious

Members' comments
KarenH - The wild blackberries at the back of our place have ripe berries at the moment, so picked some to make this.  I used the rind and the juice of 2 lemons, not 3 as the recipe says, because that was all I had.  The flan is tasty enough, but the lemon flavour kind of overpowered the taste of the blackberries.  It was also a bit sloppy, more like a pudding rather than a flan.  Having said that, it was still very easy and yummy, and I would make it again.

JuliaC83 - Karen - I found when we ate the remainder of the flan the next day, it was perfectly set making it easy to serve Smiley It may be one of those dishes best made the day before. It's somewhat similar to an Impossible Pie in texture. I used just lemon rind with no juice and found that was "lemony" enough for us.

[Aussie Brenda]

This sounds and looks very nice I have put it in the to do pile, thanks  Julia

[berringamababe]

This is my next dessert thanks!!

[Kimmyh]

Lovely Julie. Looks like it is my next dessert too

[KarenH]

The wild blackberries at the back of our place have ripe berries at the moment, so picked some to make this.  I used the rind and the juice of 2 lemons, not 3 as the recipe says, because that was all I had.  The flan is tasty enough, but the lemon flavour kind of overpowered the taste of the blackberries.  It was also a bit sloppy, more like a pudding rather than a flan.  Having said that, it was still very easy and yummy, and I would make it again.

[JuliaC83]

Karen - I found when we ate the remainder of the flan the next day, it was perfectly set making it easy to serve It may be one of those dishes best made the day before. It's somewhat similar to an Impossible Pie in texture. I used just lemon rind with no juice and found that was "lemony" enough for us 

[obbie]

yummy