Simply Easy Flan

 

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When I lived back in Florida, I had a dear friend from Brazil teach me how to make delicious, simple flan. It was a hit during the holidays for my extended family. Hope you all enjoy it just as much!

Ingredients:

5 large eggs
1 can evaporated milk
1 can of condensed milk
1 cup of regular milk ( I usually do 1%)
1 tsp of vanilla
6 tbsp of white sugar
water

Directions:

Add eggs, all milks and vanilla in a blender until blended well. Set aside.

In a metal cake pan (I prefer a circular pan), add sugar and water. I generally put enough water in the pan just to fill lightly the bottom of the pan. Place pan on stovetop & on med-high heat stir sugar water until it begins to caramelize.  Best to use a wooden spoon and you must constantly stir. Continue stirring until the caramel turns a dark brown. Be careful- if you step away a second, you can easily burn your sugar. Once to a good dark brown, remove pan from burner and allow sugar mixture to cool in the pan for about 5 minutes.

Light blend your egg mixture again for a brief moment and pour mixture in the pan on top of caramel/sugar. Cover with aluminum foil.

Take a large rectangular cake pan (I prefer the 8x12 pans) and add water so it fills about half the pan. Place your circular flan pan inside the rectangular pan. The water in the rectangular pan is to help with evaporation & consistency for the flan. Remember to keep your flan mixture/circular pan covered.

Bake at 350 degrees for an hour. When finished, remove and set aside to cool for 15 minutes covered. Once cooled, you can flip the flan onto a decorative plate. Make sure to let the leftover sugar/caramel in the pan drizzle on top. You can eat the flan right away if you like it warm or place in frig if you like it cold. Delicious.