Green herb flan

Green herb flan

Servings 10 dishes

Ingredients

The herb coulis

  • 50 g green herbs
  • 2 shallots
  • 250 g vegetable broth

The green herb flan

  • 100 g herb coulis
  • 50 g cream 35% fat
  • 45 g egg yolk
  • 2 g salt
  • 15 g olive oil

Instructions

The herb coulis

  • First blanch all the herbs for around 20 seconds. This might seem short, but otherwise the coulis will turn brown. Now cool the herbs in ice water.
  • Then let the herbs drain for at least 10 minutes, you don't want any blanching water. Giving the herbs a good squeeze also helps.
  • Meanwhile cut the shallots in half and clean them. Now chop them.
  • Then add a drizzle of oil to a hot pan and glaze the shallots on a low heat. Add some salt for seasoning and to help softening the shallots.
  • Once softened add the vegetable broth and then let it cool down in your fridge.
  • Then transfer the herbs into a blender and also add the shallots & broth. Blend this till completely smooth. This can take a couple of minutes.
  • After that pass it through a fine sieve. Using a ladle will make this a lot easier. The result is a base coulis, but it’s already delicious like this.

The green herb flan

  • Mix the herb coulis with the cream, the egg yolk, the salt and the olive oil. Now mix this till it’s one even mixture.
  • Then fill your desired mold all the way.
  • Now cover the top of the mold with some plastic wrap and steam it at 85 °C for 16 minutes.
  • After that let it cool down for 5 minutes and then freeze the flan till solid.
  • Once it’s frozen gently remove it from the mold and let it defrost on a tray that’s lined with some wrap. 

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