Almond Flan

Name: Almond Flan
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Spanish, European
Ingredients: 158 milliliters blanched, slivered almonds; 397 grams 1/2 Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk; 3 egg yolks; 177 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon Mexican vanilla extract; 3 whole eggs; 237 milliliters whole milk

You can never have too many European recipes, so give Almond Flan a try. This dessert has 359 calories, 10g of protein, and 14g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet. If you have blanched, sugar, mexican vanillan extract, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

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Oven

Place oven rack in middle position. Put sugar in a round 9-by-3-inch cake pan. Using a heavy oven mitt or tongs, place the pan directly over medium heat to caramelize the sugar.

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Sugar

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Oven Mitt

Cake Form

Tongs

Oven

Heat until the sugar liquefies, about 3 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. Do not touch the melted sugar — it will cause serious burns. When the hot liquid in the pan is a golden brown color, remove from heat and set aside on a rack to cool and harden.

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Sugar

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Wooden Spoon

Frying Pan

In a blender, combine the almonds, condensed milk, whole milk, eggs, yolks, and vanilla. Process on medium speed until well blended.

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Sweetened Condensed Milk

Whole Milk

Almonds

Vanilla

Egg Yolk

Egg

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Blender

Pour custard mixture over the prepared caramel.

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Caramel

Custard

Place the cake pan in a larger, deeper pan and pour about an inch of hot water around the cake pan to make a water bath. Cover the flan loosely with a foil tent and place the larger pan on the middle rack of the preheated oven.

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Water

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Cake Form

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until flan is set in the center (it will no longer jiggle).

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Oven

Remove from the oven and cool on a rack at room temperature. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, at least 1 hour.

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Oven

To serve, run a knife or thin spatula around the edge of the flan to release it from the sides of the pan.

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Spatula

Knife

Frying Pan

Place a 10-inch (or larger) serving platter on top of the pan. Turn the platter over and gently remove the cake pan, leaving flan on the serving platter. Using a flexible spatula, scrape up as much of the caramel as possible from the bottom of the pan and pour over the flan.

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Caramel

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Cake Form

Spatula

Cut into triangular wedges and serve.