Flan

Flan

Area: Uruguayan

Category: Dessert

Ingredients

IngredientsMeasure
Sugar100g
Milk350g
Sugar45g
vanilla pod1
Egg Yolks4
Egg2
Dulce de lecheTo taste

Instruction

  • For the caramel place 100 grams of sugar in a frying pan without any fat and melt on medium heat
  • Try not to stir with a spoon, but swirl the pan itself
  • Let melt until you have an amber color and sugar is fully melted
  • Fill the bottom of four flan containers with it
  • Caramel will harden immediately, so you need to be fast
  • My containers yield about 120 milliliters each
  • 2 Preheat oven to 150 degrees Celsius and look for a casserole or container all your four flan containers fit into
  • 3 Heat milk with 45 grams of sugar and the cut and scraped out vanilla pod
  • The milk does not need to boil, just needs to be heated
  • Take out vanilla pod after a few minutes
  • Meanwhile stir the egg yolks and eggs gently, try not to incorporate any air in it
  • Them pour milk-mix into egg-mix and again only stir very gently
  • Pour into prepared flan containers and place these into your casserole or container
  • Boil water and pour the water into the large casserole
  • Be sure not to touch the flan mixture
  • Place on middle rack in the oven and let bake for about 35-40 minutes
  • An inserted toothpick should come out clean
  • 4 Let cool inside the container for an hour before transferring to the fridge
  • Chill overnight
  • The next day gently release the rim and then turn upside down on a plate
  • Serve with some dulce de leche on the side