International Cooking Vacations: Chef Ana's Flan

Chef Ana's Flan

October 2009

A delectable dessert from the wonderful Chef Ana of Hola Mexico!

Ingredients

  • 1 can condensed milk (397 g)
  • 1 can evaporated milk (356 ml or 378 g)
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 3 oz. piece of cheese (Philadelphia, Manchego or Ricotta)
  • 7 tbsp of sugar
  • few drops of lime juice

Directions

1. Place the sugar and lime juice in a small pan and caramelize. Don’t let it burn. Place the carmelized sugar in a flan mold and make sure to cover up to ½ inch of is walls with the caramel.

2. Place the rest of the ingredients in a blender and blend. Add this mixture to the mold with the caramel.

3. Place the mold (or molds) in a bain-marie for 1 hour in a 400° F oven. Remove from oven and let the molds cool enough to be able to handle. Flip the flan onto a plate still in the mold and refrigerate.

4. At the moment of serving remove the mold.

©Chef Ana Isabel Garcia Moreno.