Goat's cheese flan

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Originally from https://foolproofliving.com/goat-cheese-quiche-with-caramelized-onions-and-thyme/. Not tried yet.

Goat's cheese flan

Ingredients

Pastry

(Note this is mixed units but this makes exactly the right amount of pastry for my flan dish!)

• 5oz plain flour
• 1.25oz lard
• 1.25oz butter
• 25ml cold water

Filling

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 medium onions sliced thinly into half-moon slices
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 2 large eggs
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper freshly ground
• 2 tablespoons fresh thyme chopped
• 4 oz. fresh goat cheese crumbled

Directions

1. Make pastry and line an 8" flan dish.
   If using a Kenwood Chef, put all ingredients for the pastry in the bowl. Using the K beater, mix on speed 1 increasing up to speed 4/5. When a ball is formed, stop mixer and place pastry in fridge to rest for at least 30 minutes.
2. Finely chop onion and then caramelise for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Mix together eggs, milk, and cream using blender head.
4. Line flan dish with pastry and place cheese, onions, and thyme over pricked base.
5. Pour over cream mix and bake at 200C for 32 minutes.

Allow to cool before serving. Other recipes