RECIPE FOR: Mussels Flan

Ingredients: Shortcrust pastry. 1 cup shelled shrimps. 4 eggs 300ml cream Seasonings to taste.

1/2 small red pepper, finely chopped. 2 spring onions, finely chopped. 48 mussels, steamed open and removed from shell. Paprika.

Method
Roll out pastry and line a 25-30cm flan ring.  Bake blind in a hot oven for 10 minutes.  Arrange the shrimps on the bottom of the pastry case.   Beat the eggs with the cream, add seasonings to taste, red pepper and spring onions, and pour into pastry case.  Top with mussels, dust with paprika, bake in a moderate oven for 20-25 minutes or until filling sets.  Cover flan with foil if mussels begin to dry out.