Vanilla Flan With Butterscotch Sauce Recipes

DECADENT BUTTERSCOTCH FLAN

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 350 degrees F. Butter eight individual 6-ounce custard cups. Line a large baking or roasting pan with a doubled paper towel. Set aside. Bring 5 cups of water to boiling in a medium pan. Place 1 tablespoon topping into each custard cup.
• BEAT together cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until smooth. Blend in milk. Divide egg mixture evenly into 8 custard cups. Place cups in prepared pan. Pour boiling water carefully into the larger pan, to a level halfway up the sides of the custard cups.
• BAKE 35 to 40 minutes or until a paring knife inserted halfway between pan and center of filling comes out clean. Do not overcook. Remove cups from hot water bath and cool on rack for 1 hour or until room temperature. With a sharp thin knife, loosen edge of custard. Invert cups onto individual serving plates. Let stand a few seconds. Remove cup and spoon remaining topping in the bottom of the cup over custard. Sprinkle with nutmeg.
• VARIATION
• CREME CARAMEL: Replace Buttersctoch topping with Smucker's Hot Caramel Topping and omit the nutmeg.

VANILLA FLAN WITH BUTTERSCOTCH SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat a medium saucepan, over medium heat, with the half and half and vanilla until steaming, about 3 minutes; remove from heat, cover, and allow to steep 15 minutes (skip this step if using vanilla extract).
• Position rack to lower third of oven; preheat to 350 degrees F.
• In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt, pressing with spoon to remove any lumps; dump into a 9 inch pie pan and press down in an even layer.
• Remove vanilla bean from half and half, scrape out seeds, and return seeds to half and half; heat to steaming, about 1 or 2 minutes.
• In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, granulated sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon salt; gradually whisk in half and half mixture until well combined (if using vanilla extract, you would add it here).
• Pour mixture into pie plate (do not worry if some of the sugar floats up, it will eventually settle back down to the bottom.
• Place pie plate in a deep roasting pan; fill roasting pan with enough water to come halfway up the sides of the pie plate.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool flan on wire rack for 30 minutes, cover, and cool in refrigerator at least 6 hours or overnight.
• To serve, run a knife around edge and invert on a serving dish.