Parisian Passover Pineapple Flan

Name: Parisian Passover Pineapple Flan
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cups sugar; Juice of 2 lemons; 15 flavorful pineapple slices, either fresh or canned*; 1 1/2 cups unsweetened pineapple juice, fresh or reserved from the can; 10 large eggs; 1/3 cup potato or corn starch

December 9, 2011

This quick passover-flan recipe came recently to Paris with North African Jews and has stayed. A quick dessert usually made with canned pineapple, it is even better with fresh. Because it can be prepared two days in advance, and left in the mold until serving, the flan is popular for Sabbath-observant Jews.

Cooks' Note

*Two 20-ounce cans of rings of unsweetened pineapple

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