Fall-Window Flan

• 4 medium apples, peeled and sliced
• 8-12 prune plums, pitted and quartered
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter (plus some for greasing pan)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons rum, brandy or cointreau

1. Saute apples in butter in a 12" frying pan until partially soft and browning. Sprinkle with 2 T. sugar and watch heat carefully so sugar caramelizes without burning. Turn off heat.
2. Put apples in a ring near the edges of a greased gratin or quiche pan, 9" or larger. Leave the center empty.
3. Deglaze the pan with 2 T. liquor, liqueur or fruit juice, and pour remaining liquid over the apples.
4. Cook plums in the same frying pan with another 2 T.sugar until the juices are released and thickened, about 5 minutes.
5. Mound plums in the center of gratin dish.
6. Beat eggs in a bowl with 2 T. sugar, add flour, cream, and vanilla. Pour custard over and around fruits. Bake 45 minutes at 360 degrees or until puffed and brown. Let cool a little and serve, or serve cold.

apples, sugar, butter, eggs, whipping cream, flour, vanilla, rum

Taken from food52.com/recipes/7162-fall-window-flan (may not work)