My sister, Diana, was the family's best maker of flán. Flán, a solid, soft, caramel milk and egg custard, is easy to make. My mother, Pucha, used to say that the only tricky part was making the caramel, as you have to be careful not to burn it, and not to burn yourself with it. Should you, unfortunately, get some hot caramel on your hands or fingers, drop everything and put your hand in cool water right away. It really burns and hurts. The sugar caramel is made first, and set aside to harden. While that happens, the milk and eggs are mixed and then poured on the caramel, then the flan is put in a baño de María (a hot water bath) in the oven to bake. Flans are served cold, with their custard on top. ¡Delicioso! There are many types of flan, such as pumpkin flan, almond flan, cheese flan, chocolate flan, and others. But, this is the classic flán.
Flán
Ingredients:
Prepare the baño de María (hot water bath):
Turn oven to 350 degrees on bake.
Fill with water a pan large and deep enough to hold it the pan with the flan, and for the water to reach half way up the outside of the flan pan. Put this pan with water in the oven at 350 degrees on bake.
Prepare the caramel:
In the pan where you will bake the flan, place the 1/2 cup sugar. Place on the stove on high or medium high heat. Never leave it alone, stay right with it, watch the sugar begin to melt. Keep watching until all the sugar has melted and turned golden brown color (caramel color). Be careful, do not let it get so dark that it burns and starts smelling bitter. When it reaches the color you want, hold the pan with a pot holder, lift it, and carefully swish it around, tilting it, so that the caramel slides around and covers all the bottom of the pan and halfway or more up the sides of the pan. When finished doing this, put the pan away from the stove and let it set and harden.
Prepare the flan custard mix:
(Some people do this part in a blender. I do it by hand with a hand whisker. Do not beat, just mix, because you should not get too much air in the mix. That is because the flan will have lots of little holes, which is fine, as it does not affect anything other than its look.)
Place ingredients 2 -6 above in a bowl, and mix them until well mixed (do not beat).
Pour the mox in the flan that has the hardened caramel.
Put it in the 350 degree oven, in the hot water bath.
Bake for one hour.
Take out of the bath and of the oven. Leave it on the counter to cool a bit (ten minutes).
Cover with plastic wrap and put in refrigerator.
When ready to serve, take out of the refrigerator, and turn flan on a plate, letting the custar drip over it and cover it.
¡ Buen provecho! (Bon appetite, to your health)
You can find other flan recipes online, of course!
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 can condensed milk
- 1 can evaporated milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla (pure vanilla extract)
Prepare the baño de María (hot water bath):
Turn oven to 350 degrees on bake.
Fill with water a pan large and deep enough to hold it the pan with the flan, and for the water to reach half way up the outside of the flan pan. Put this pan with water in the oven at 350 degrees on bake.
Prepare the caramel:
In the pan where you will bake the flan, place the 1/2 cup sugar. Place on the stove on high or medium high heat. Never leave it alone, stay right with it, watch the sugar begin to melt. Keep watching until all the sugar has melted and turned golden brown color (caramel color). Be careful, do not let it get so dark that it burns and starts smelling bitter. When it reaches the color you want, hold the pan with a pot holder, lift it, and carefully swish it around, tilting it, so that the caramel slides around and covers all the bottom of the pan and halfway or more up the sides of the pan. When finished doing this, put the pan away from the stove and let it set and harden.
Prepare the flan custard mix:
(Some people do this part in a blender. I do it by hand with a hand whisker. Do not beat, just mix, because you should not get too much air in the mix. That is because the flan will have lots of little holes, which is fine, as it does not affect anything other than its look.)
Place ingredients 2 -6 above in a bowl, and mix them until well mixed (do not beat).
Pour the mox in the flan that has the hardened caramel.
Put it in the 350 degree oven, in the hot water bath.
Bake for one hour.
Take out of the bath and of the oven. Leave it on the counter to cool a bit (ten minutes).
Cover with plastic wrap and put in refrigerator.
When ready to serve, take out of the refrigerator, and turn flan on a plate, letting the custar drip over it and cover it.
¡ Buen provecho! (Bon appetite, to your health)
You can find other flan recipes online, of course!
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