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Spanish Caramel Flan

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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 6
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup sugar for the caramel
  • 1/3 cup sugar for the flan
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups half n half OR 1 cup of fresh milk and 1 cup of whipping cream
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 175c
  2. Lightly grease six (180ml) ramekins and place them <g class="gr_ gr_186 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_hide Grammar" id="186" data-gr-id="186">into</g> a baking dish.
To prepare caramel layer:
  1. Pour 2 tbsp of water into a saucepot and add 1/2 cup of sugar and 1 tbsp of lemon juice. Boil the sugar until it caramelizes, about 4-5 minutes.
  2. Carefully spoon this into the prepared ramekins and let it cook for 10 minutes or till the caramel hardens.
To prepare the <g class="gr_ gr_187 gr-alert gr_spell ContextualSpelling" id="187" data-gr-id="187">flan</g>:
  1. In a bowl, whisk <g class="gr_ gr_190 gr-alert gr_gramm Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="190" data-gr-id="190">eggs</g> and 1/3 cup sugar till frothy.
  2. Add <g class="gr_ gr_188 gr-alert gr_gramm Grammar only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="188" data-gr-id="188">in </g>vanilla and half n half.
  3. Mix well and pour this mixture into the ramekins. Pour boiling water into the baking dish till it reaches 2cm around the ramekins and bake for 25-30 minutes until the <g class="gr_ gr_194 gr-alert gr_spell ContextualSpelling" id="194" data-gr-id="194">flan</g> are set at the edges and slightly jiggly in the center.
  4. Cool the <g class="gr_ gr_191 gr-alert gr_spell ContextualSpelling" id="191" data-gr-id="191">flan</g> and once cool, chill the ramekins in the fridge for at least three hours.
To serve:
  1. Run a knife around the inside edge of each ramekin to loosen the flan.
  2. Place a small dish on top on the ramekin and invert. Lift up the ramekin and serve.