Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Project #40 - Vanilla Bean Flan



Mmmm...flan. We're going to be hosting dinner for our friends, so I'm making flan a day ahead of time.



Ingredients:

  • 1 and 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 vanilla bean OR 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 can evaporated milk
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 4 eggs
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and place a deep pan of water. Your flan will sit in this bath while it cooks, so make sure the container is wide enough for the your pie pan.



Caramelize the sugar in a pan. Wait until the sugar turns uniformly brown and then pour it immediately into a pie pan, or some other ceramic. I've used metal cooking containers before, but lined with foil, but glass or ceramic heats more evenly. I'm using two containers today so I can have my own flan a little early.

Pour the evaporated milk into a separate pan. Slice open the vanilla bean, remove the seeds and add them to the evaporated milk. Heat gently, do not boil. If you're using vanilla extract there is no need to heat.



Let the mixture cool and stir in the sweetened condensed milk. Crack the eggs into a bowl and scramble them. Add a few tablespoons of the milk mixture to temper the eggs just in case the mixture isn't quite room temperature. Whisk the eggs vigorously into the pot and keep going until the mixture is uniform (you'll still see the vanilla flecks).



Pour the contents of the pot over the caramelized sugar and place your pie pan into the bath in the oven. Cook for 35 minutes and then let the flan cool in the oven. When it is cool you can either refrigerate it for later or flip it over onto a plate and serve.

Yummy!

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posted by Alison 2/10/2009 08:30:00 PM : (0) comments : splink



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