The Best Cuban Flan Recipes

Steps:

• Equipment: 1 quart flanera or 1 quart round casserole dish with lid AND 1 ovenproof dish or baking pan that the flanera or casserole will fit into.
• Caramel: Some people like to make caramel by adding water to sugar and then cooking it to a nice dark golden brown, and some just like to melt the sugar to golden without water. Either method will work here. If you are using a flanera, which is a metal pan with a lock-down lid, you can make the caramel right in the flanera. If you are using a casserole dish, make the caramel in a saucepan and pour into the bottom of the casserole dish.
• Custard: As you prepare the custard, the caramel will cool. In a separate bowl, beat the 1 whole egg and 5 egg yolks together. A whisk works very well here. Add the evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk to the eggs and mix together. Add the vanilla extract, either 1/2 teaspoon or 1 teaspoon depending on what strength you prefer. Pour the custard mixture into the flanera or casserole dish over the hardened caramel. Put on the lid.
• Put your flan into the ovenproof dish or baking pan and fill with hot water to about half-way up the sides, or as high as you can go and still move the thing without spilling hot water on yourself.
• Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree oven for 45 minutes. Turn off the oven and let set for another 15 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and the water-bath and let cool.
• Plating: Run a butter-knife around the outside edge of the flan. Place a plate large enough to handle the liquid caramel over the flan and invert. Chill the flan for at least an hour before serving.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• first melt sugar in flan pan until its liquefied and browned. Take it of the heat and coat the pan on the sides by turning and turning it until the bottom and sides are completely coated.Take it off the heat and leave it on the side.
• Get the all filling ingredients and mix them in the blender until completly blended.
• Pour Filling into the caramelized flan pan.
• close pan tightly and make sure no liquid can escape it. (if needed get aluminum foil and wrapped the ends to make tighter).
• Fill a pressure cooker with water until it reaches the flan pan half way (like the maria bath).
• Turn it to high until it begins to whistle ,.
• then immediately turn to medium and let it whistle for 30 min,.
• After the 30 minutes pass turn it off and let it rest,.
• When cooled invert it into a well sized container.
• And there you have your flan!

Steps:

• Pre heat Convection or conventional oven at 350.
• Put the sugar in a pan at high temperature. When the sugar starts melting lower to medium heat and take the pan from the heat and move in circular directions, put it back to the heat for few seconds and move the pan again until the sugar is totally melted. Be careful with sugar. It could burn you really bad. And it could get burn itself. If that happens, start over with a new cup of sugar.
• Put the caramel (melted sugar) inside the baking dish and move it around, so all the bottom of the dish is cover in caramel.
• Put all the rest of the ingredients in the blender. Blend for 2 minutes.
• Pour the mix into the baking dish, over the caramel.
• Put it in water bath. It means, put a bigger baking dish inside the oven, then put the baking dish that holds the flan mix inside the big baking dish and add very hot water inside the bigger baking plate. Do not add water into the flan mix. Put an inch or so of hot water, so the caramel doesn't burn while cooking in the oven.
• Bake it for 60 minutes (1 Hour).
• Put it away without the big baking dish. Let it cool for 30 minutes.
• When is cold put a big flat dish on top of the baking dish and flip it. You will see the flan with the caramel on top.
• Enjoy it!
• Don't forget to put extra caramel on top of each portion you serve :D yum yumm!

Steps:

• Prepare a caramel by adding the 1/4 cup of water to 3/4 cups of sugar in a small saucepan over medium to low heat. Stir while cooking until the sugar starts melting. Let it simmer. Use a pastry brush dipped in water to wash the sides of the pan free of granular sugar. When sugar starts to thicken and turn brown remove from heat and add 2 cubes of ice to stop the cooking process, being very careful not to get burned with any splattering that may occur. Coat a warm baking dish or round mold by pouring the caramel and swirl it around the sides and bottom. put the coated mold aside( By the way the mold should be 9 inches in diameter).
• Now comes the good part.
• In a saucepan bring to a boil the milk with the lemon peel, cinnamon stick and salt. When the mixtures starts to boil remove from heat and let it cool a little bit. (like my mother use to say: dejala refrescar).
• In a medium bowl beat lightly the egg yolks, whites, vanilla and sugar until well mixed.
• Pour into the bowl the slightly cooled milk and strain the egg and milk mixture into the caramel coated mold.
• OK so far?.
• Place the flan mold inside a baking dish filled with water up to half of the mold side, (bain Mary or baño Maria).
• Now you have three choices of cooking it.
• 1) Cook over stove top at low to medium flame till a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out dry.
• 2) Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for about an hour in the middle rack. Insert a knife or toothpick in the center, if it comes out dry remove from the oven and let it cool till warm.
• 3) In a pressure cooker ,cook in a cup of water at 15 pounds of pressure for about 25 minutes.
• When cooled place serving dish flat against top of mold and turn it upside down in a fast motion.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Select 2 oven safe containers, one that can easily fit inside the other.
• The large one will be used for a water bath and the smaller one will actually house the flan.
• Fill the larger container a little less than half way with water and place in the cold oven to heat up while you prepare the caramel and the custard.
• In a large pan, using a wooden spoon caramelize the sugar until it turns a light golden brown.
• While still hot, transfer the melted sugar to the smaller container, swirling it around until the entire bottom is covered then set aside.
• In a blender add the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth.
• Open up the oven where you have placed the water bath and then place the small pan with the caramel inside the large water bath pan.
• Pour the custard into the pan being careful not to splash it.
• Bake for 30- 45 minutes until the top is golden brown and the center passes a toothpick test.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool on rack.
• You may invert this onto a large serving dish with lip or just server out of container you cooked it inches.