Spanish Flan
Description
The recipe won't take much time. Let's delight our loved ones with a wonderful Spanish dessert. Flan is very easy to prepare, but to truly enjoy its exquisite flavor, you'll need to have some patience. This dessert resembles crème brûlée or crème caramel. Making flan is quite simple, and in the end, you'll have an original, vibrant, incredibly delicate, and delicious dessert. Serve it chilled.
Instructions
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Step 1
First, let's add flavor to our future flan. To do this, bring the milk to a boil with a cinnamon stick.
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Step 2
Meanwhile, prepare the caramel. Pour the sugar into a skillet, add lemon juice and water, and, stirring constantly, cook until the caramel reaches your desired color.
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Step 3
Remove the cinnamon stick from the milk. Cool the milk down to 30 degrees. Then add eggs, sugar, and vanilla to it.
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Step 4
Using a mixer, beat this mixture until the sugar is completely dissolved.
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Step 5
Flan molds need to be generously greased with butter.
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Step 6
Then pour the caramel into the bottom of the mold.
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Step 7
Next, pour the milk-egg mixture into the molds. Then place the molds into a larger container filled with water up to half the height of the small molds.
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Step 8
Place the flan in a preheated oven at 160 degrees for 40-50 minutes if using small molds, or for one to one and a half hours if using larger molds.
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Step 9
The finished Spanish flan should be cooled at room temperature, then wrapped in plastic wrap and refrigerated for about 6-8 hours.
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Step 10
To remove the flan from the mold, run a warm knife around the edge. Then cover the mold with a flat plate and invert it.
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Step 11
The Spanish flan is ready to eat.