Flan Tastic Flan In A Pan Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350
• 2. Blend together: sweetened condensed milk, whole milk, eggs, vanilla and salt in blender until frothy on top. May have to do it in two batches. If so, mix half of everything in one batch and the remaining half in the second batch so you get a uniform mixture. Set aside.
• 3. Place DRY sugar in heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, stir sugar constantly until it melts and turns golden brown. This takes awhile and the sugar will get all lumpy before it melts. Just keep stirring and do NOT add water. When it reaches a light-medium golden color...pull it off the stove (if you brown the sugar too much it will turn bitter and you'll have to chuck it and start over, so be careful.)
• 4. IMMEDIATELY pour the caramelized sugar into an UNGREASED 7 1/2 x 12 inch glass baking dish* to coat bottom of dish evenly. You have to work quickly as this sets up really fast. Let sugar-coated baking dish cool on counter to room temperature. As the sugar cools, it will crack. Don't worry, it's not your dish cracking...just the sugar.
• 5. Pour egg/milk mixture into dish over cooled sugar. Place filled dish in 1-inch water bath**. Cover with tented aluminum foil and crimp edges around dish. Be careful that foil does not touch top of flan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours or until knife comes clean when inserted. Remove foil and continue baking, uncovered, for 10-15 additional minutes until top of flan is lightly browned. Remove from oven and let cool to room temp. Cover with tented foil (can use toothpicks to hold foil off top of flan) and refrigerate until cold (overnight is best).
• 6. * May use individual ramekins if preferred. May also use a 9x13 pan but you will need to increase the recipe by about 1/2.
• 7. **to make water bath (aka "Bain Marie"), use disposable aluminum roasting pan (or a regular roasting pan) that is at least a couple of inches larger around than the baking dish. Fill with hot water about 1 inch or so up the side of baking dish. You will periodically need to refill water bath to maintain adequate level during baking process.

Steps:

• Line unpricked pastry with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake at 450° for 8 minutes. Remove foil; bake 5 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack. , Meanwhile, in a blender, combine the eggs, milk, condensed milk, sugar, vanilla and salt; cover and process until smooth. Pour filling into crust. , Bake at 400° for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°; bake 20 minutes longer or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cover edges with foil the last 20 minutes to prevent overbrowning if necessary. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour. , Cover and refrigerate until chilled. Garnish with fruit. Refrigerate leftovers.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Place a 9-inch metal pie dish into a deep baking pan; pour boiling water into baking pan to reach about halfway up the side of the pie dish.
• Pour 1 teaspoon water and 1/2 cup sugar into a heavy saucepan, place over medium heat, and constantly swirl the sugar-water mixture in the pan over the heat until sugar dissolves, melts, and turns into a golden-brown caramel syrup, about 10 minutes. Watch carefully, the sugar burns easily. Pour melted caramel into the warmed pie dish and gently tilt pie dish to coat the bottom with caramel.
• Whisk egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, 1/4 cup sugar, and vanilla extract in a bowl until mixture is creamy and thoroughly combined. If mixture is foamy, skim foam off with a folded paper towel. Gently pour custard over caramel in pie dish. Cover baking pan with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until custard is set but still jiggles slightly when moved, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove foil and place baking sheet with water bath and flan in refrigerator to chill, about 2 hours.
• Remove pie dish from baking pan; run a knife around the edges of flan to loosen from pie dish. Invert flan onto a rimmed serving platter to release custard and let caramel sauce flow over the flan.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place a small bowl of cold water and a pastry brush near the stove top. Place a 9-inch cake pan in a large roasting pan. Bring a large kettle or pot of water to a boil.
• Make the caramel: In a saucepan over medium-high heat, mix sugar and 3 tablespoons water, stirring to combine. Do not stir again. Cook, washing down the sides of the pan with a pastry brush dipped in water, or cover with a tight-fitting lid, to prevent crystals from forming, until caramel is amber, about 8 minutes, swirling pan to color evenly. Pour into cake pan, swirling to coat bottom evenly.
• Make the custard: In a small saucepan, heat milk with 1/2 cup sugar over medium just until mixture starts to steam and bubble around the edges, 5 to 6 minutes (do not let it boil).
• Meanwhile, whisk together eggs, yolks, remaining 1/2 cup sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Add ladle of hot milk mixture to the egg mixture and whisk to combine. (This is called tempering, and it prevents the eggs from curdling.) Add two more ladles of milk mixture, one at a time, whisking to combine after each addition. Gradually whisk in remaining milk mixture. Strain through a fine sieve into a large measuring cup or a bowl (to remove any cooked bits of egg). Stir in vanilla.
• Pour custard into cake pan. Place roasting pan in oven. Add enough boiling water to pan to come halfway up the sides of the pan. Bake until custard is just set (it should tremble slightly in center when shaken), about 50 minutes.
• Remove roasting pan from oven. Use tongs to carefully remove pan from hot-water bath and place on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 8 hours (or up to 3 days). To unmold, run a sharp knife around the flan, and place a rimmed serving plate upside down over the top. Invert, and gently lift pan to remove. Serve immediately.