Caramelized Apple Flan
Serves: 6
Graciela O'Reilly
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
52
Spice
47
Sweetness
56
Sourness
49
mins
Prep time (avg)
3.7
Difficulty
Ingredients:
Directions:
1
Place the sugar in a saucepan, and moisten it with the water without stirring
2
Bring to a boil and cook until light golden brown
3
Immediately pour the caramel into an 8 to 9 cup mold (a cake pan will do) and swirl and tilt the mold to coat it with the caramel, including the walls
4
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
5
In a large skillet, melt the butter and let it foam
6
Add the apples and cook on medium low heat, covered, for 15 minutes
7
Add the brandy and flame it, then continue to cook, shaking the pan, for 2 minutes or so
8
In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar and cinnamon
9
Stir in the half-and-half and the apples
10
Pour this custard into the caramel-lined mold and bake in a water bath for 50 minutes or until a knife comes out clean
11
Remove the flan from the oven and let cool to room temperature
12
Run a knife around the edge of the mold then turn the flan out onto a serving platter
13
Pour any caramel sauce from the mold over the flan