Crab Flan - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) pastry dough, case
8 ounces cooked crabmeat
2 teaspoons finely chopped parsley
1 teaspoon finely chopped chives
1 ounce butter
2 tablespoons white rum
2 egg yolks
salt & pepper
grated nutmeg
WHITE SAUCE (use 3/4 cup)
1 ounce butter
1 ounce flour
1 1/4 cups milk
salt & pepper

Preparation

Combine crabmeat, parsley, & chives.
Heat butter in saucepan and cook crab mix for 5 minutes.
Sprinkle in the rum.
Pack into pastry case.
Beat egg yolks with sauce, season with S& P.
Pour over the filling.
Bake in moderately hot oven (375\u00b0/gas mark 5) for 25 minutes.
Sprinkle with nutmeg before serving.
WHITE SAUCE:
Melt butter in saucepan, stir in flour to a smooth paste, cook for 1 minute.
Remove from heat & slowly add milk, stirring all the time.
Bring to the boil, stirring continuously & boil for 2 minutes.
Season to taste.
Variations: the following may be added to the basic white sauce.
2 finely chopped hard boiled eggs.
3 oz grated cheese & 2 egg yolks.
1 Tblsp chopped chives, tarragon, parsley.