French almond flan

Pastry

¼ cup	Plain flour
140 g	Ground almonds
¾ cup	Desiccated coconut
¼ cup	Sugar
75 g	Butter

Filling

¼ cup	Caster sugar
1	Egg
1	Egg, yolk only
3 Tbsp	Flour
2 Tbsp	Cornflour
1 ¾ cups	Milk
2 drops	Almond essence
½ tsp	Vanilla essence

Topping

4	Kiwifruit (Main)
4 Tbsp	Apricot jam, sieved
1 tsp	Lemon juice
1 Tbsp	Water

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 180C. Lightly grease a 20-23cm flan dish.
2. To make the pastry, combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Rub in butter. Press into prepared flan dish. Bake for 15 minutes until golden. Cool.
3. To make the filling, cream caster sugar, egg and egg yolk until smooth. Add flours and a little milk to moisten. Mix well.
4. Scald remainder of milk and slowly whisk into egg mixture. Heat gently, stirring constantly, until boiling. Cool, then stir in essences. Pour into flan.
5. To make the topping, peel and thinly slice kiwifruit. Arrange in circles over filling. Heat jam, lemon juice and water and brush over fruit. Chill.