Flan Recipe | Mexican Flan

Flan – Silky, smooth, custard like texture and caramel topping. Easy to make and delicious to eat, this Flan recipe is a win-win. This flan is originated from Mexico and it is usually often called Mexican flan, Spanish Flan, Tres Leches Flan. Learn how you can make the perfect flan with step-by-step pictures & video. On this recipe I even have shared flan made using condensed milk and dulce de leche. When you enjoy this recipe, check my caramel custard & eggless creme caramel.

Flan

You all know my love for caramel custard. It’s one dessert which I’m going for each time I’m craving sweet. It’s made with milk, sugar and eggs. Flan is little different than creme caramel. it’s made with evaporated milk, heavy cream, condensed milk and eggs. It has a stunning dense texture which is so loved.

About Flan Recipe

Flan is nothing but a wealthy dense caramel custard dessert. That is super easy to make and taste absolutely delicious. The feel of that is unlike other flans, it’s little dense in texture and a lot richer.

The flan is creamy pudding like which is just not too sweet and has a slight bitter note from the caramel. So good.

Normally caramel custard is so smooth which just melt in mouth. But this one has a dense texture within the custard  which is just perfect. I even have shared many recipes for caramel pudding on my blog before. try my caramel bread pudding as well.

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You should use dulce de leche as a substitute of sweetened condensed milk on this recipe to make probably the most addicting dulce de leche flan which I even have shared in my youtube video.

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Ingredients for Flan (Tres Leches – Three Milk)

Evaporated Milk – The flan is made with evaporated milk which is reduced milk. When you cannot find evaporated milk, you possibly can replace it with full fat or full cream milk.

Cream – regular whipping cream is utilized in flan to create the dense texture.

Sweetened Condensed milk – the sweetness within the flan comes from condensed milk. It also adds to create the luscious dense texture.

Eggs – some recipes uses egg + egg yolk in flan custard. But I exploit three whole eggs which makes this recipe easy and uncomplicated.

Sugar – heat sugar till it gets golden caramel; and use that to line the baking pan.

Vanilla Extract – use pure highly quality vanilla which adds a substantial amount of flavour.

The best way to Make Mexican Flan (3 Easy Steps)

Make Caramel

Take sugar in a pan, melt it gently on medium heat. Don’t stir. Keep cooking on medium heat till caramel color. Now once sugar has reached caramel color. Pour it into the pan.

Make Flan Custard

Now take all ingredients in a blender and mix till creamy. Pour this into the pan over the caramel.

Bain-marie Baking

Now place the pan into a much bigger pan. Fill with hot boiling water. Till it’s half way through. Now pop this right into a 180 degree C oven. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 mins. Remove and pop it into the fridge overnight. Next day. un mould. Slice and serve.`

Expert Suggestions

• Don’t over cook the caramel, else the sugar might get burnt and taste bitter.
• As an alternative of evaporated milk, you should use regular milk. 
• As an alternative of using blender, you possibly can mix the custard in a bowl using a whisk.
• Once flan is baked, chill in fridge till it is totally cold and set before unmoulding.

The best way to Make Flan (Stepwise Pictures)

1)Take a baking pan. I used a 4 to five inch square pan for this recipe. Preheat oven to 180 degree C.

Making Custard

2)Take evaporated milk, cream in a bowl. As an alternative to taking in a bowl, you possibly can add it on to a blender jar and mix.

3)Add in sweetened condensed milk. Mix well. That is your three milk mixture often called Tres leches.

4)Take eggs in a blender.

5)Add in vanilla extract.

6)pour within the milk mix in a blender.

7)Now place in a blender and mix for 30 seconds to 1 minute.

8)Mix till creamy. Put aside.

Making Caramel

9)Take sugar in a pan. Heat the pan, cook till golden brown. Use a spatula to combine gently so the sugar starts to show golden.

10)Swirl the pan gently so the sugar turns golden. Put aside.

Coating pan with caramel

11)Pour the caramel into mould.

12)Coat the caramel on the pan. Ensure that you coat the caramel, on the edges of the pan as well. Put aside the pan for jiffy for the caramel to harden.

13) Pour the custard into the pan.

Baking Flan in Bain-marie

14)Place the pan in a much bigger tray. Pour hot water in the larger pan till it comes half way through.

15)Place the pan in oven and bake in 180 degree C for 1 hour and 10 minutes.

16)Now flan is baked. Remove the flan from the tray and place it in fridge for 4 to six hours to set.

Demoulding Flan

17)Use a knife to softly release the flan from the mould. Un mould the flan from the pan to a plate.

18) Once flan is un moulded. Slice into pieces.

19)Serve.

Flan Using Dulce De Leche

Dulce de leche is a caramelized sweetened condensed milk. There are numerous versions of constructing this, the one which i attempted here is in pressure cooker because it’s time saving, efficient and straightforward. When you do not have a pressure cooker put the can in a sauce pan, cover it with water and boil it for two to three hours. But i discovered this method is quick to make.. And the color of the ddl you would like totally is determined by the time you cook them, The more you simmer the pot the more thick and dark it gets. But in my view 30 mins is ideal. 

Here’s a video of me making Dulce de leche flan.

Ingredients for Dulce De Leche Flan

The best way to Make Dulce De Leche Flan

1)Mix eggs, dulce de leche, milk, cream, vanilla in a blender till smooth.

2)Take sugar in a pan, melt it gently on medium heat. Don’t stir. Keep cooking on medium heat till caramel color. Now once sugar has reached caramel color. Pour it into the pan and swirl the pan to coat all the pan and the edges of the pan. Pour the dulce de leche flan mix over caramel. Bake at 180 degree C for 40 mins and chill in fridge for six to eight hours.

3)Slice and serve.

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