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Flaón
Flaón is a traditional Spanish recipe from the late Medieval period for a cottage cheese and honey cheesecake in an olive oil crust. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Spanish version of: Flaón.
prep time
20 minutes
cook time
40 minutes
Total Time:
60 minutes
Serves:
6
Rating: 
Tags : Cheese RecipesBaking RecipesCake RecipesSpain Recipes
This recipe is found in Ruperto de Nola's 1520 cookbook
Llibre del Coch (first published in Catalan) and then re-published in Spanish as
Libro de Guisados in 1525, and is a specialty of Ibiza
Ingredients:
2 eggs
225g (1/2 lb) cottage cheese
100g (1/2 cup) sugar
1/8 tsp mint
1/8 tsp anisette liqueur
3 tbsp honey
1 tsp rose water
Cinnamon for dusting
For the Dough:
125g (1 cup) flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 1/2 tbsp water
3 tbsp olive oil
Method:
Sift together the flour and salt and stir in the water and oil. Roll the dough out, fold in 3 parts, business letter style... Roll again, then fold and roll 2 more times. This creates rough-puff like layers.
Use the resultant dough to fit the base and sides of a 20cm (8in) loose bottom cake tin.
In a bowl, beat together the eggs with the cheese, sugar, mint and anisette. Spread this mixture over the dough. Transfer to the centre of an oven pre-heated to 180°C (350°F) and bake for 40 minutes, or until the filling is set.
Mix together the honey and rose water. Dribble this mixture over the pie, then dust with cinnamon. Serve warm.
