Spinach and Cheddar Cheese Flan Recipe

Ingredients

  • plain flour - 120g

  • egg - 1, beaten, to glaze

  • butter - 60g

  • a small pinch of paprika

  • a small pinch of English mustard powder

  • Cheddar cheese - 60g, grated

  • salt - 1 tsp

For the filling

  • spinach - 225g

  • eggs - 2, beaten

  • onion - 1, chopped

  • a pinch of grated nutmeg

  • cottage cheese - 100g

  • Parmesan cheese - 25g, grated

  • single cream - 75ml

  • ground black pepper and salt

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 200˚C. Preheat a baking tray in the oven.

  • Rub the butter into the flour until it look like breadcrumbs. Stir in the paprika, mustard powder, Cheddar cheese and salt, then bind to a dough with 2 tbsp water. Knead the dough until smooth, wrap, and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.

  • Place the onion and spinach in a pan, cover and cook slowly. Season with nutmeg, pepper and salt.

  • Turn the spinach into a bowl and let it cool slightly. Then, stir in the remaining ingredients.

  • Roll out tow-third of the pastry on a lightly floured surface and use it to line a loose-based flan tin.

  • Press the pastry well into the edges, removing excess pastry. Spoon the filling into the flan tin case.

  • Roll out the remaining pastry and cut it with a lattice pastry cutter. Lay the pastry over the flan, brush the joins with egg glaze, then press the edges together and trim off the excess pastry.

  • Brush the flan with egg glaze again, then bake on the hot baking tray for 40 minutes until golden brown. Serves 4.

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