Description
Peruvian Flan
Ingredients
- 2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- For flan
- 6 x eggs
- 1 x (12-ounce) can condensed milk
- 1 x (12-ounce) can evaporated milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Directions
To prepare sauce:
- Pour sugar and water in a heavy saucepan and simmer over medium heat.
- Stir constantly about 8 minutes or until sugar is golden.
- Pour hot caramel sauce into ovenproof pie plate or 8 inch round baking pan
- Let it cool completely.
To prepare flan:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Stir eggs in a bowl.
- Slowly add condensed milk, then evaporated milk.
- Add vanilla, blending well.
- Pour flan mixture over ovenproof dish coated with caramel.
- Carefully place filled dish into a baking pan.
- Bake about 40 minutes.
- Flan is cooked when a knife inserted in center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven.
- Carefully separate flan from dish with a thin knife and let cool.
- Invert on a flat dish and garnish with sliced strawberries, maraschino cherries or other fruit.