Cheese & Onion Flan | LifeHealth&Harmony

To make

To make the base, grease a flan dish well with butter and heat the oven to 200 deg C

In a food processor, grind the almonds until they are like breadcrumbs then add the cheese, butter, chilli powder and seasoning and process until it comes together in a crumbly dough.

Tip the mixture into the flan dish and press to form the base – much as you would to do a biscuit base.

Bake for about 10 minutes until the base is golden brown.

For the filling, fry the onions gently in the olive oil until they are soft but not browned. Meanwhile, beat together the yoghurt, eggs, mustard, lemon juice and seasoning then stir in the parsley.

When the onions are ready, stir them into the yoghurt mixture and pour into the flan base.

Bake for about 30 minutes at 180 Deg C, or until the filling is set.

Serve hot or cold with salad or buttered vegetables

Cheese and Onion Flan with Nut Crust

If you like quiche, eliminating grains might seem that this is one thing you don't want to lose. My husband loves quiche and would be sorry not to have it from time to time so this recipe is an excellent substitute; the base made with nuts works really well and can be used for all kinds of flans. As with all these recipes, you can add whatever you fancy for the filling – here I used just onions in a yoghurt and egg custard but you could add mushrooms, bacon, ham, leeks, smoked salmon... whatever you've got or whatever you fancy.

Ingredients

For the base

125g almonds

125g cheddar-type cheese

30g butter, cold from the fridge

Chilli power

Seasoning

For the filling

500g onions, finely chopped

300ml Greek yoghurt

3 eggs

1 tblsp olive oil

1 tsp French mustard

2 tsps lemon juice

Finely chopped parsley

sea salt and black pepper