Dessert • Uruguayan
Flan

Ingredients
- Sugar100g
- Milk350g
- Sugar45g
- vanilla pod1
- Egg Yolks4
- Egg2
- Dulce de lecheTo taste
Steps
Cook
- 🥄For the caramel place 100 grams of sugar in a frying pan without any fat and melt on medium heat.
Prepare
- 🔥Try not to stir with a spoon, but swirl the pan itself.
Steps
- 🧂Let melt until you have an amber color and sugar is fully melted.
- 🍳Fill the bottom of four flan containers with it.
- Caramel will harden immediately, so you need to be fast.
- 🍽️My containers yield about 120 milliliters each.
- 🌿2
Prepare
- 🍳Preheat oven to 150 degrees Celsius and look for a casserole or container all your four flan containers fit into.
Steps
- 3
Prepare
- 🍽️Heat milk with 45 grams of sugar and the cut and scraped out vanilla pod.
Cook
- 🌿The milk does not need to boil, just needs to be heated.
Steps
- ✨Take out vanilla pod after a few minutes.
- 🥄Meanwhile stir the egg yolks and eggs gently, try not to incorporate any air in it.
Prepare
- 🥄Them pour milk-mix into egg-mix and again only stir very gently.
- 🔥Pour into prepared flan containers and place these into your casserole or container.
Cook
- 🔥Boil water and pour the water into the large casserole.
Prepare
- 🧂Be sure not to touch the flan mixture.
Cook
- 🍳Place on middle rack in the oven and let bake for about 35-40 minutes.
Steps
- An inserted toothpick should come out clean.
- 🍽️4
- 🌿Let cool inside the container for an hour before transferring to the fridge.
- ✨Chill overnight.
Serve
- 🍽️The next day gently release the rim and then turn upside down on a plate.
- 🌿Serve with some dulce de leche on the side.
Source: Original recipe