Cuban Flan Recipes

CUBAN FLAN

Steps:

• 1. Using flan pot or 2 quart pot with tight fitting lid, place 1/2 cup sugar in pot and caramelize sugar.(do this by melting sugar over medium heat (stirring constanly} until melted and amber in color. Remove from the stove with hot pad and move caramel around on sides of pot (only half way up pot)
• 2. Mix eggs with other 1/2 cup sugar, milk and vanilla and mix well.(I do this with blender don't have to though). Place egg mixture in flan/pot or 2 quart pot cover with flan pot lid or if using 2quart pot place Aluminum foil tightly over pot and place lid on top.
• 3. place pot into another pot big enough to hold the flan pot or 2 quart pot and fill with water until about 1 1/2 inch of water covers sides of smaller pot.
• 4. Bake at 350 degrees for at least 1 hour. but to ensure that flan is done remove lid and stick kitchen knife in center of flan if it comes out clean it's done. Remove pot from water pot and cool ompletely.
• 5. When Flan has cooled remove lid/foil and place a dish or plate that is bigger than the top of the flan pot on top, make sure the plate has a small lip as caramel will run. Place one hand on bottom of pot and one hand on top of plate and turn upside down on platter. serve or place in refridgetor covered until serving.

CUBAN FLAN (CUSTARD) RECIPE

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.

THE BEST CUBAN FLAN!

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!