Italian Snacks and Light Meals Recipes - Bacon and Egg Flan (Sformato di Pancetta e Uova) Recipe

 

Ingredients

• 225 g/8 oz short crust pastry (basic pie crust)

• 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp unsalted (sweet) butter

• 100 g/4 oz pancetta, diced small

• 1 small onion, chopped

• 4 eggs

• 300 ml/1 1/4 cups single (light) cream

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Method:

1. Grease a 20 cm/8 in flan tin (pie pan). Roll the pastry out on a floured board and line the flan tin.

2. Line with greaseproof (waxed) paper and baking beans and bake blind in a preheated oven for 8 minutes at 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6.

3. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the pancetta and fry (sauté) in the butter with the chopped onion for 3 minutes. Drain.

4. Spread the onion and bacon evenly over the bottom of the pastry.

5. Beat the eggs and cream together and season with the salt and pepper.

6. Pour into the flan case and bake at 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5 for 20 minutes until set and golden.