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:

1 cup

Sugar

2 tbsps

Water

3 tbsps

Butter

1 cup

Brandy

6

Eggs

1 tsp

Cinnamon

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