Flan Parisien for my birthday
Flan Parisien on heirloom cake stand Recently I was in Paris and, after seeing lots of pictures of Flan Parisien online, I really wanted to find a good one. I tried 3 or 4 of them, I think, and none of them bowled me over. So, I decided to give it a try for my birthday. Coming right on the heels of Bubby's birthday, and will lots of cake still left in the fridge, I knew I didn't want to make another cake. I also, more and more, miss my mother who always used to visit us for Bubby's and my birthday, and flan was one of her specialties. So that was another reason why I wanted to make a flan, really. I looked at several recipes online and finally settled on this one from Cuisine Actuelle. Most of the recipes I saw online called for both milk and heavy cream. But I wanted my flan to be a bit less rich, and I didn't want to have to buy heavy cream. Here is the recipe I used: 1 vanilla pod 4 eggs 1 liter of milk 125 grams of sugar 85 grams of c...