Vanilla Flan

Serves: 6

Lacy Volkman

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

44

Spice

51

Sweetness

42

Sourness

41

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Water

1 cup

Sugar

3 large

Egg

1.5 cups

Skim Milk

1 tbsp

Vanilla

Directions:

1

Preheat oven to 325°F

2

In a small heavy saucepan bring water and sugar to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved

3

Boil syrup, without stirring, until golden caramel

4

Pour caramel into a 1 1/2-quart soufflé dish, tilting dish to coat bottom and some of side with caramel

5

In a large bowl whisk together eggs, condensed milk, skim milk, and vanilla until smooth

6

Pour mixture through a fine sieve into soufflé dish

7

Put dish in a baking pan and add enough hot water to pan to reach halfway up side of dish

8

Bake flan in middle of oven 1 1/4 hours, or until just set but still trembles slightly

9

(Flan will set as it cools

10

) Remove flan from pan and cool in dish on a rack

11

Chill flan, covered, until cold, at least 4 hours and up to 1 day

12

Dip dish in a baking pan of hot water 3 seconds

13

Run a thin knife around edge of dish and invert flan onto plate

14

Preheat oven to 325°F

15

In a small heavy saucepan bring water and sugar to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved

16

Boil syrup, without stirring, until golden caramel

17

Pour caramel into a 1 1/2-quart soufflé dish, tilting dish to coat bottom and some of side with caramel

18

In a large bowl whisk together eggs, condensed milk, skim milk, and vanilla until smooth

19

Pour mixture through a fine sieve into soufflé dish

20

Put dish in a baking pan and add enough hot water to pan to reach halfway up side of dish

21

Bake flan in middle of oven 1 1/4 hours, or until just set but still trembles slightly

22

(Flan will set as it cools

23

) Remove flan from pan and cool in dish on a rack

24

Chill flan, covered, until cold, at least 4 hours and up to 1 day

25

Dip dish in a baking pan of hot water 3 seconds

26

Run a thin knife around edge of dish and invert flan onto plate