Ingredients
- 600 g herbs
- 270 g flour
- 200 g milk
- 200 g fresh cream
- 120 g butter
- 4 eggs
- 3 yolks
- seed oil
- cornstarch
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt
- pepper
For the recipe of herb flan with crispy wafer and egg sauce, mix 250 g of flour with butter, until you get a sandy mixture; mix it with 50-60 g of water in which you will have dissolved a pinch of salt; cover the brisée and let it rest in the fridge for 1 hour. Flour the work surface and roll out the dough 2-3 mm thick; carve out 12 discs (ø 9 cm). Place them in a pan covered with parchment paper, prick them with the prongs of a fork and bake them at 180 ° C for 12-13 minutes; Turn them
and cook them for another 2-3 minutes.
FOR HERBAL FLANS: Prepare them while the brisée rests: clean the herbs and boil them in salted boiling water for 1 minute; cool them in ice water, squeeze them well, obtaining a ball. Keep 30 g aside; blend the rest with the cream,
eggs and a pinch of salt. Grease 12 dome molds (ø 7 cm), and distribute the mixture of herbs. Bake at 150 ° C for 30-35 minutes. In the end, gently turn them out.
FOR THE CRISP WAFFLE: Blend the 30 g of herbs with 100 g of extra virgin olive oil; add 60 g of seed oil and 20 g of flour and blend again. Proceed with the preparation of the pods: Pour small quantities of the mixture into a non-stick pan, so that when spreading it forms disks of 4-5 cm in diameter. Cook them on a moderate flame for a couple of minutes, obtaining waffles; turn them over using a spatula and cook them for 1 more minute. Finally, remove them from the pan and place them to dry on kitchen paper.
