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Flan pâtissier (French custard tart)
The flan pâtissier is a custard mixture of eggs, milk, sugar and flour or starch, poured into a shortcrust pastry case and baked until the surface caramelises. It is the Parisian flan of French bakeries, not to be confused with crème caramel, which has no pastry.
In terms of nutrition facts: 211 kcal per 100 g, with 33.2 g of carbohydrate of which 17.5 g sugars, 6.85 g of fat and 3.89 g of protein. It provides 72 mg of calcium, 73 mg of phosphorus and 0.48 g of fibre per 100 g.
Macronutrient breakdown
Nutrition table per 100 g
| Calories | 211 kcal |
| Kilojoules | 889 kJ |
| Protein | 3,9 g |
| Carbohydrate | 33,2 g |
| Fat | 6,9 g |
| Fibre | 0,5 g |
Micronutrients per 100 g
All measured nutrients, ranked by share of the daily reference intake.
- Vitamin B20,59 mg42 %
- Vitamin B933,8 µg17 %
- Vitamin A85,2 µg11 %
- Phosphorus73 mg10 %
- Calcium72 mg9 %
- Vitamin B50,37 mg6 %
- Potassium120 mg6 %
- Vitamin B120,13 µg5 %
See the other 11 nutrients
- Zinc0,39 mg4 %
- Omega-6 LA0,32 g3 %
- Vitamin E0,38 mg3 %
- Omega-3 ALA0,06 g3 %
- Manganese0,06 mg3 %
- Iron0,35 mg3 %
- Vitamin B10,03 mg2 %
- Magnesium9 mg2 %
- Copper0,02 mg2 %
- Vitamin K11,16 µg2 %
- Vitamin B60,02 mg1 %
Anses Ciqual 2025. Source: Anses, 2025, Ciqual food composition table
Tips
A bakery slice weighs 130 g: count on 274 kcal. That is the real unit, and it is reasonable for a pastry, noticeably less than an éclair or a pain au chocolat.
33.2 g of carbohydrate: it is the pastry as much as the sugar. The custard supplies the sugars, the shortcrust pastry the starch. This is what sets the flan pâtissier apart from a crème caramel, which has no pastry.
The pastry explains the calorie gap. Eggs in milk custard is the same mixture without pastry: 124 kcal against 211. The whole difference lies there, and it is considerable.
Homemade, you can cut the sugar by a third. The custard sets thanks to the eggs and starch, not the sugar. A vanilla pod more than makes up for it in perceived sweetness.
It contains eggs, milk and gluten. Three major allergens. The version without pastry takes care of the gluten.