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Butter 4 ramekins. I did 2 in glass and 2 in ceramic to see which would release more easily ... it was a tie. Cover the bottom of each ramekin with peas. This will use about half of them.
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Blend the other half of the peas, the cream, and milk together for several minutes. Strain the mixture into a mixing bowl and discard the pea solids.
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Using high speed on your mixer or a strong arm ... whisk together the milk, eggs, salt, pepper and parmesan. Add in the thyme and whisk a bit more, the mixture should be frothy.
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4
Pour equal amounts of the custard into each ramekin, place the ramekins in a larger baking dish and fill it to halfway up the sides with cold water.
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Put the baking dish into a COLD oven - this is important in getting a nice smooth custard. Turn the oven to 350 and bake for 45 minutes (this includes the heating up time) or until the flans are not wiggly in the middle any more.
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Cool the flans, and then you can either serve room temperature or chilled ... slide a knife around the edge of each ramekin and give them a little nudge here and there to loosen them, then cover with your service plate and flip. Serve, enjoy, I am thinking prosecco ....
