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|description=This tasty flan would work as a starter or a main course and would be great cold on a picnic
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This tasty flan would work as a [[starter]] or a [[main course]] and would be great cold on a picnic.
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|TotalCalories = 3182
|PortionCalories = 1591
|DatePublished=17th January 2013
|Author=Chef
|Servings = Serves 2 as a main or 4 as a starter
|Difficulty = 1
|TotalTime = 1 hour 5 minutes
|PrepTime = 10 minutes
|CookTime = 55 minutes
|Image = [[Image:Recipe Kidney Flan.jpg|middle|none|alt=Electus]]

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====Best recipe review====

''Lovely for a picnic''

5/5 

This was nice cold on our recent posh picnic.

 [[User:PSmith|Paul R Smith]] 
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{{RecipeIngredients
| 350 g (12 oz) Ready rolled shortcrust pastry
| 25 g ( 1 oz) [[butter]]
| 1 [[onion]], peeled and chopped
| 1 small clove [[Garlic]]
| 1 [[bell pepper]], de-seeded and chopped into thin slices
| 6 lambs kidneys, trimmed and chopped finely
| 1 teaspoon of [[sherry vinegar]]
| 1 tablespoon of freshly chopped [[parsley]]
| 3 [[free range eggs]], beaten
| 45 ml (3 tablespoons) of [[milk]]
| [[Sea salt]] and [[freshly ground black pepper]]

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===[[Mise en place]]===
* Preheat the oven to 200° C (400° F - Gas 6)

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Image:Recipe Kidney Flan Blind Baking.jpg|Ready to blind bake with rice
Image:Recipe Kidney Flan Fried Spiced Kidneys.jpg|Fried spiced kidneys and the egg mix
Image:Remember the greaseproof.jpg|Twice now, I've forgotten to put [[greaseproof paper]] under the baking beans. Perhaps this picture will remind me next time!
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===Method===

{{RecipeMethod
| Roll the pastry and use it to line a greased 20 cm (8") flan tray, a [[pastry mat]] is a useful aid for this.
| [[Blind baking|Bake blind]] at 200° C (400° F - Gas 6) for 10 minutes
| Beat the [[eggs]] and the [[milk]] and season to taste with [[salt]] and [[pepper]]
| Melt the [[butter]] in a [[frying pan]] or [[wok]] and gently [[fry]] the [[onions]] and [[Garlic|garlic]] until soft, about 5 minutes
| Add the chopped kidneys and [[fry]] for 4 minutes, stirring all the time
| Season with [[pepper]] and then deglaze the pan with a teaspoon of [[sherry vinegar]]
| Mix the chopped [[parsley]] into the [[kidney]] mixture
| Fill the flan with the kidney mixture
| Pour the beaten [[eggs]] over the kidneys
| Reduce the heat of the oven to 180° C (350° F - Gas 4)
| [[Bake]] for a further 40 minutes
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===Serving suggestions===

Serve hot or cold

===Chef's note===

In the photographs, I also added parsley to the egg mixture, but when poured into the kidneys, it was way too much parsley (which would then probably have burnt) so I removed it from the egg mixture before baking.

{{Quiche - See also}}
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[[Category:Recipes]]
[[Category:Lamb recipes]]
[[Category:Main courses]]
[[Category:Meat recipes]]
[[Category:Offal recipes]]
[[Category:Starters]]
[[Category:Egg recipes]]
[[Category:Pies tarts and flans]]
[[Category:Baked or roasted]]
[[Category:Unusual recipes]]

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