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Cuban Flan (custard) recipe
courtesy of the
Cocina Cubana Club founded by Pascual Perez & chef Sonia
Martinez
[site owner's note: you'll need a baking dish to make this, though
ideally you can buy a flan mold from a Latin food site]
1 1/2 cups of sugar
6 egg yolks
2 Cups of milk
3 egg whites
1 tsp vanilla
1 lemon peel
1/4 tsp salt
1 cinnamon stick
1/4 cup water
Prepare a caramel by adding the 1/4 cup of water to 3/4 cups of
sugar in a small saucepan over medium to low heat. Stir while
cooking until the sugar starts melting. Let it simmer. Use a pastry
brush dipped in water to wash the sides of the pan free of granular
sugar. When sugar starts to thicken and turn brown remove from heat
and add 2 cubes of ice to stop the cooking process, being very
careful not to get burned with any splattering that may occur. Coat
a warm baking dish or round mold by pouring the caramel and swirl it
around the sides and bottom. put the coated mold aside( By the way
the mold should be 9 inches in diameter).
Now comes the good part
In a saucepan bring to a boil the milk with the lemon peel, cinnamon
stick and salt. When the mixtures starts to boil remove from heat
and let it cool a little bit. (like my mother use to say: dejala
refrescar)
In a medium bowl beat lightly the egg yolks, whites, vanilla and
sugar until well mixed.
Pour into the bowl the slightly cooled milk and strain the egg and
milk mixture into the caramel coated mold.
OK so far?
Place the flan mold inside a baking dish filled with water up to
half of the mold side, (bain Mary or baño Maria)
Now you have three choices of cooking it
1) Cook over stove top at low to medium flame till a toothpick
inserted in the middle comes out dry
2) Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for about an hour in the
middle rack. Insert a knife or toothpick in the center, if it comes
out dry remove from the oven and let it cool till warm
3) In a pressure cooker ,cook in a cup of water at 15 pounds of
pressure for about 25 minutes.
When cooled place serving dish flat against top of mold and turn it
upside down in a fast motion.
Main Cuban recipe pages:
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dishes •
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