Peach Flan

Serves 10-12

Ingredients

  • 150ml milk
  • 20ml custard powder
  • 150ml whipping cream
  • 20ml castor sugar
  • 2.5ml almond essence
  • 1 x 25cm (10") sponge flan case
  • 2 x 435g (15½oz) cans peach slices, drained
  •   blanched and toasted almonds
  • 30ml redcurrant jelly

Method

  1. Make a custard, whisking well as the mixture will be thicker than usual. Cool.
  2. Whip the cream, sweeten with sugar and flavour with almond essence. Fold into the custard and spread on the flan.
  3. Arrange the peach slices on the custard. Decorate with the almonds.
  4. Melt the redcurrant jelly and brush the peach slices with this glaze.