Quick and Easy Dessert-Flan Recipe
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • Milk- 1½ cups
  • Eggs, large - 4
  • Sugar - ½ cup
  • Whole Cardamom, crushed- 2 (optional)
  • Vanilla extract- 1 tsp
For making Caramel sugar
  • Sugar- ½ cup
  • Water- 2 tbsp
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, beat the the eggs using a whisk until smooth.
  2. Add milk, sugar and vanilla extract, beat well.
  3. Add crushed whole cardamom into the mixture, combine well (adding cardamom is optional) and keep aside.
Making Caramelized Sugar
  1. Place a non-stick cooking pan over medium heat, add sugar and water, let the sugar completely dissolve in water.
  2. Cook until the sugar starts to turn golden brown in color- do not stir the mixture while the caramelization happens.
  3. Remove the pan from the stove.
  4. Have the ramekins ready.
  5. Immediately pour the caramelized sugar onto each ramekin to form the bottom layer, let stand for 2 minutes until the caramek sugar has set well.
  6. Over the caramel layer, pour the prepared milk and egg mixture.
  7. Cover the ramekin with an aluminum foil and keep aside.
How to Steam cook the flan
  1. Add 1 cup water into a large cooking pot. Place a trivet over the water.
  2. Place the pot over medium heat.
  3. Place the ramekins with the flan mixture covered with aluminum foil on the trivet.
  4. Cover the pot with its lid and let steam cook for 20 minutes.
  5. After 20 minutes, remove the pot from the heat, let cool down a bit.
  6. Carefully take out the ramekins with the flan from the pot. Wear an oven mitt as the bowl is very hot.
  7. Remove the aluminum foil and chill the flan in the refrigerator for an hour.
How to plate
  1. Run a knife through the sides of the ramekin to loosen up the flan.
  2. Cover the ramekin with a dessert plate.
  3. Gently flip it over.
  4. Flan will nicely fall onto the plate and now you will have the caramel sugar layer on the top.
  5. Indulge in this rich, creamy and delicious flan.
How to Bake Flan
  1. Preheat oven to 325 F or 162 degree C.
  2. Pour the flan mixture into caramel lined ramekins.
  3. Cover the ramekins with aluminum foil.
  4. Place the ramekins on a large glass baking dish with 1 cup water in it.
  5. Bake for 1 hour or until the flan has set well in the hot water bath.
  6. Insert a fork through the center of the flan, if it comes out clean it's cooked well, else bake for some more time.
Notes
Flan tastes delicious if it is chilled so don't forget to chill it before serving.
Leftover flan can be refrigerated covered with a plastic wrap, I don't think there will be any leftover :)
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Wholesome Homemade Recipes at https://thasneen.com/cooking/quick-and-easy-dessert-flan-recipe/