Stefania Corrado

Vegetable Flan with Parmesan Sauce

Ingredients

For the zucchini flan:

  • 4 eggs
  • 250 ml of fresh liquid cream
  • 5 tablespoons of parmesan cheese
  • 3 tablespoons of flour
  • 500 g of courgettes or carrots
  • 1 onion
  • extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper to taste

For the parmesan sauce:

  • 250 ml of liquid cream
  • 100 g of parmesan cheese
  • 1 goat’s milk cheese
  • nutmeg
  • salt and pepper to taste

Procedure

Clean the vegetables, cut them into slices and sauté in a pan with a shallot or onion and a little extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper.
Place the cream, eggs, flour and grated parmesan in a food processor. Blend. Add the vegetables and blend some more.

Place the mixture obtained into the appropriate buttered and floured aluminum molds . Cook in a bain-marie for approximately 30 minutes at 180°C .
For the sauce: melt the cream, parmesan and goat cheese in a bain-marie. Add a little grated nutmeg. Season with salt and pepper if necessary.
Serve with the mirror flan on the plate.

An extra tip: accompany this flan with a small sauté of clams instead of the parmesan sauce, if you want to serve a fish-based dinner.

Enjoy your meal!