Recipe of Homemade Zucchini Flan with Fresh Basil

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As for the number of servings that can be served to make Zucchini Flan with Fresh Basil is 4 servings. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

Just in addition, the time it takes to cook Zucchini Flan with Fresh Basil estimated approx 60 mins.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have Zucchini Flan with Fresh Basil using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

I woke up this morning and saw a recipe for "Zucchini Flan" in the NY Times Food section. It was perfect because I had a whole bag of little zucchinis in my fridge that I needed to use up! It turned out nice so I figured I'd write it down :) I did some slight adapting to the recipe as far as how to cook the zucchini and the amount of milk goes. The original recipe calls for cheese - Gruyere - but I think it can be left out if you like or you can use something else (I used cream cheese because that's all I had, though I would recommend something more flavorful like gruyere, Emmental, etc!)

Ingredients and spices that need to be Make ready to make Zucchini Flan with Fresh Basil:

1. 600 g zucchini, sliced thin
2. 1 Tbsp cooking oil
3. 4 eggs
4. 500 ml milk
5. 1/2 tsp sea salt
6. 1/4-1/2 tsp nutmeg to taste
7. to taste pepper
8. 1 handful fresh basil, torn into small pieces
9. 3 sprigs fresh dill or thyme
10. 1 small onion, sliced into thin rings
11. Optional: Gruyere or favorite cheese (50-100g)

Instructions to make to make Zucchini Flan with Fresh Basil

1. Preheat oven to 190°C/375°F.
2. Grill zucchini slices in a grill pan or saute in a frying pan until slightly soft. If needed you can pour in a little water or broth after a few minutes to help "steam" them. Sprinkle with salt.
3. Whisk together eggs and milk. Then mix in the salt, nutmeg, pepper, fresh basil leaves and dill/thyme.
4. Lightly grease a baking dish with oil and layout the zucchini and onion.
5. Distribute the cheese, if using, over the zucchini (I used cream cheese because that's all I had...)
6. Pour over the egg mixture
7. Bake at 190°C/375°F for 25-30 minutes. The center will still be a little jiggly when done. Enjoy warm :)

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