Simply the Best Mexican Flan
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
5 ramekins
- Serves:
- 5
ingredients
- 236.59 ml granulated sugar, divided
- 315.37 ml whipping cream
- 236.59 ml half-and-half
- 4 eggs, slightly beaten
- 4.92 ml vanilla
- 1.23 ml salt
- 4.92 ml instant coffee granules (optional)
directions
- Heat 1/2 cup sugar in sauce pan to make caramel.
- Watch closely till it turns amber, swirl now and then.
- Pour to individual 5 ramekin cups.
- Let cool to form base of the flan.
- In a pan, heat milk with half and half just till barely simmering.
- If making it coffee flavor, now is the time to put the coffee granules.
- Add the 1/2 cup remaining sugar and stir till dissolved.
- Pour some of the milk mixture to eggs and beat (just to temper eggs).
- Pour the warm egg mixture back to the pan and keep whisking.
- Add in vanilla and salt.
- Pour to ramekins.Place all ramekins in a big pan 13x9.
- Bake 325 oven for 45 minutes bane maria.
- (pouring hot water on the 13x9 pan, working up to 1 inch of water on the ramekins.).
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