Eggnog Flan Recipes

EGGNOG FLAN

Steps:

• Spread sugar evenly over bottom of 2-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar melts and turns light caramel color. Carefully add water, stirring until blended. Pour into ungreased 9-inch round cake pan. Tilt pan to evenly coat bottom; set aside to harden, about 30 minutes.
• Heat oven to 325°F. In large bowl, beat eggnog, condensed milk, eggs, rum and nutmeg with wire whisk until smooth. Pour over sugar mixture in pan. Place cake pan in broiler pan. Pour 1 inch of hot water into broiler pan.
• Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour or until almost set and knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on cooling rack 1 hour. Refrigerate 1 hour. Run small metal spatula around edges of pan to loosen. Place 12-inch round serving plate with raised sides upside down over pan; turn plate and pan over. Remove pan. Garnish with fresh mint sprigs and cranberries.

EGGNOG FLAN ON CINNAMON CRUST

Steps:

• For crust:
• Whisk first 4 ingredients in small bowl to blend. Whisk egg yolk and 1 tablespoon whipping cream in another small bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in medium bowl until blended. Beat in yolk mixture (mixture may look curdled). Beat in flour mixture just until blended (dough will be slightly sticky). Using floured hands, gather dough together and form into disk. Wrap in plastic; chill at least 1 hour. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled. Let soften slightly at room temperature before rolling out.
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375°F. Roll out dough on lightly floured parchment paper to 9-inch round. Using 8 1/2-inch-diameter plate as guide, cut out round. Transfer dough round, still on parchment, to baking sheet. Pierce dough all over with fork. Bake until crust is golden brown and baked through, 28 to 30 minutes. Cool crust completely on baking sheet. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and store at room temperature.
• For flan:
• Combine 1 cup sugar, 1/3 cup water, and corn syrup in heavy medium saucepan. Stir over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil without stirring until mixture turns deep amber, occasionally swirling pan and brushing down sides with wet pastry brush, about 10 minutes. Immediately pour caramel into 9-inch-diameter cake pan with 2-inch-high sides. Using oven mitts to protect hands, tilt pan to swirl caramel over bottom and halfway up sides of pan. Cool while preparing custard.
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 325°F. Whisk egg yolks, eggs, 1 cup cream, and 1/4 cup sugar in large bowl to blend. Combine 1 cup cream, milk, rum, nutmeg, and 1/2 cup sugar in large saucepan. Stir rum mixture over medium heat until sugar dissolves; increase heat and bring to simmer. Gradually whisk hot rum mixture into yolk mixture. Pour mixture through fine strainer into cake pan with caramel. Place cake pan in large roasting pan. Add enough hot water to roasting pan to come halfway up sides of cake pan. Cover roasting pan loosely with foil.
• Bake flan until set, about 1 hour 40 minutes (center may move slightly when pan is gently shaken, but top will feel set when lightly pressed). Remove from oven; let flan stand in roasting pan with water 10 minutes. Remove cake pan from roasting pan. Transfer directly to refrigerator; chill uncovered overnight. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and keep chilled.
• For rum whipped cream:
• Combine all ingredients except nutmeg in large bowl. Using electric mixer, beat until peaks form. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 hours ahead. Cover and chill. Rewhisk to thicken, if necessary, before using.
• Run small knife around flan to loosen from pan. Place baked crust atop flan in pan. Place large platter atop flan with crust. Using both hands and holding platter and pan with flan firmly together, invert flan with crust onto platter. Scrape any caramel remaining in pan over flan. Top center of flan with mound of rum whipped cream. Sprinkle cream lightly with grated nutmeg.

EGGNOG FLAN

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Stir the sugar and 2 tablespoons water in a medium skillet. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook, swirling the pan but not stirring, until deep amber, 5 to 7 minutes. Pour the caramel into a shallow 10 inch-round cake pan, tilting the pan so the caramel evenly coats the bottom.
• 2. Bring a kettle of water to a boil. Whisk the eggnog and eggs in a large bowl until smooth, being careful not to beat in too much air. Pour the eggnog mixture over the caramel in the pan, then place in a large roasting pan. Fill the roasting pan with enough boiling water to come halfway up the side of the cake pan.
• 3. Loosely cover the roasting pan with foil and bake 1 hour. Remove foil and continute baking until the custard is set but still quivers, 40 minutes to 1 hour.
• 4. Remove the flan from the roasting pan and let cool to rrom temperature, then cover and refrigerate until cold and set, about 2 hours. To serve, run a thin knife around the edge of the flan, place an inverted flat plate over the pan and flip to unmold.

EGGNOG FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Put 1 cup of sugar in a 9" round 31/2 " deep pan and place in oven.
• Allow sugar to melt and turn light brown. As soon as sugar is melted and golden remove pan from oven.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350.
• Tilt and turn pan to coat the bottom and sides with the caramelized sugar.
• Allow pan to cool at room temperature.
• Heat eggnog to a boil and turn stove off.
• Add the 1/2 cup of sugar and the salt and let this mixture cool.
• In a separate bowl whisk eggs well.
• To temper the eggs and prevent them from cooking if the eggnog is too hot, add a total of 1 cup of eggnog to the eggs, 1/4 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• Add tempered eggs to eggnog mixture and stir together well.
• Pour the entire mixture through a metal strainer and into the caramelized pan.
• Place pan in a larger pan filled with water about 1" up the sides of the flan pan. Place in oven.
• Bake for 1 hour. Never let it bake more than 1 hour or the flan texture will be tough.
• Remove from the oven and let it cool completely to room temperature.
• Cover and place in the refrigerator until completely chilled. It can be chilled overnight and served the next day.
• To serve, run a knife around the edge of the pan. Place a serving plate with an elevated rim over the pan. There will be a lot of liquid from the caramelized sugar so be sure to use a serving dish that will hold the liquid and the flan. Invert pan with the plate over it and allow the flan to go onto the plate. Remove the pan.
• Cut flan into wedges, as you would for a pie, and spoon some of the caramelized sugar liquid over each serving.

EGGNOG FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Stir the sugar and 2 tablespoons water in a medium skillet. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook, swirling the pan but not stirring, until deep amber, 5 to 7 minutes. Pour the caramel into a shallow 10-inch-round cake pan, tilting the pan so the caramel evenly coats the bottom.
• Bring a kettle of water to a boil. Whisk the eggnog and eggs in a large bowl until smooth, being careful not to beat in too much air. Pour the eggnog mixture over the caramel in the pan, then place in a large roasting pan. Fill the roasting pan with enough boiling water to come halfway up the side of the cake pan.
• Loosely cover the roasting pan with foil and bake 1 hour. Remove the foil and continue baking until the custard is set but still quivers, 40 minutes to 1 hour.
• Remove the flan from the roasting pan and let cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until cold and set, about 2 hours. To serve, run a thin knife around the edge of the flan, place an inverted flat plate over the pan and flip to unmold.