Filipinoflan Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Combine 1 cup sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat. Heat until sugar is dissolved and mixture is thickened and light brown, 7 to 10 minutes. Line the inside of a flan mold with the caramel mixture, tilting the mold to make sure the whole surface is covered.
• Combine remaining 1 cup sugar, evaporated milk, egg yolks, and lime zest in a bowl. Gently mix, not beat, until yolks are all broken and blended. Strain the custard through a sieve to remove the zest. Pour mixture into the flan mold. Place flan mold in a larger baking pan filled with water.
• Bake in the preheated oven until firm, about 2 hours.

Steps:

• Mix together in one bowl the condensed milk, evaporated milk, and egg yolks. Gently mix together with a spatula until all egg yolks are broken and mixed with the milk. Do not beat or whip!
• Leave to the side.
• Take brown sugar and water and melt over low heat.
• Do not stir.
• When sugar mix is a syrupy consistency, pour into baking dish.
• No butter or oil necessary for baking dish.
• Pour batter in gently.
• Bake 350 degrees for 45 minutes in water bath.
• When done let cool.
• Use knife to separate flan from sides, then turn upside down on serving plate.
• Serve chilled.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. To make caramel: combine the sugar and the water in a medium saucepan. Be sure all the sugar granules are washed down from the sides of the pan (use a wet pastry brush). Cook over moderate heat, swirling the pan occasionally, until the color is golden brown and the mixture smells like caramel. This will take about 10 to 15 minutes. Pour the caramel into a 9 inch round cake pan and, holding the pan with an oven glove, swirl it around to generously coat the bottom and sides. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, gently whisk together the eggs, egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, and 2 cups of the half and half, without whisking in any air. Bring the remaining half and half and the port to a simmer in a small saucepan and begin whisking this into the egg mixture a little at a time, whisking constantly until it is all incorporated. Pour through a strainer into the prepared cake pan. Place the pan inside a large roasting pan and pour very hot tap water into the pan so that it comes halfway up the sides of the cake pan. Bake for about 1 to 1 1/4 hours, or until the center is slightly jiggly but not wavy. Cool to room temperature and then cover with plastic wrap with the plastic gently touching the top of the flan. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours and up to 4 days.
• To unmold the custard, run a small sharp knife around the inside edges of the dish several times to loosen it. Dip the bottom briefly in a basin of very hot tap water. Invert a round platter over the dish and turn them both over together, shaking the two a little to help release the custard (or rap the bottom of the platter gently on the work surface). The caramel sauce will run out around the edges of the platter. Garnish the top of the flan with violets or other edible flowers.

Steps:

• In a small pot, caramelize water and sugar. It should bubble until it turns caramel-colored. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, stir eggs and egg yolks until the membranes are completely broken. Do not beat or over-stir.
• Add the milks into the egg mixture and stir until smooth.
• Add vanilla.
• Stir again until smooth.
• Spread a cheesecloth over a second mixing bowl. Pour the milk and egg mixture over the cheesecloth into the second mixing bowl. This will remove any clumps of egg. This step isn't necessary, but makes the flan uniformly smooth.
• Pour the caramelized sugar into a cake pan. Tilt the pan to spread the caramelized sugar around the rim of the pan. If your sugar is not caramelized enough, the sugar will not stick to the sides of the pan.
• Pour the milk and egg mixture gently into the center of the cake pan.
• Fill a second pan that is bigger than the cake pan with hot water. Place the cake pan inside the pan filled with water. The water should reach half way up the cake pan.
• Place everything in the oven. Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour.
• Flan will be ready once a toothpick inserted into the center of the flan cleanly removes from the flan.
• Let the flan cool for 30 minutes, then place in the refrigerator to cool.
• Once the flan is cooled completely, remove from the refrigerator. (You can do this about 20 minutes before serving.).
• If the edges of the flan look adhered to the side of the cake pan, take a butter knife and gently ream the flan away from the edges of the pan.
• Place a platter over the top of the cake pan. The platter should be larger than the cake pan.
• Slide the cake pan off of the table with the platter on top of it so that you have one hand (opened flat) holding the bottom of the cake pan and one hand (opened flat) resting firmly on top of the platter. Take a deep breath and quickly flip your hands so that the cake pan is on top and the platter is on the bottom.
• Gently shimmy the cake pan away from the platter to reveal your beautiful and tasty leche flan!