Caramel-Cream Cheese Flan

Name: Caramel-Cream Cheese Flan
Prep time: 7 h 10 min
Cook time: 7 h 10 min
Total time: 7 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Spanish, European
Ingredients: 227 grams package cream cheese, softened; 4 egg whites; 7 egg yolks; 340 grams evaporated milk; 177 milliliters milk; 0 teaspoons salt; 355 milliliters sugar, divided; 397 grams sweetened condensed milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

The recipe Caramel-Cream Cheese Flan could satisfy your European craving in around 7 hours and 10 minutes. This recipe serves 8. Watching your figure? This gluten free and vegetarian recipe has 533 calories, 13g of protein, and 22g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up cream cheese, egg whites, sugar, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Cook 1 cup sugar in a 9-inch round cake pan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes or until sugar melts and turns golden brown.

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Sugar

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Cake Form

Remove pan from heat, and let stand 5 minutes. (Sugar will harden.)

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Sugar

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Meanwhile, whisk together egg yolks and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl.

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Egg Yolk

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Whisk

Bowl

Process egg whites, cream cheese, and remaining 1/2 cup sugar in a blender until smooth.

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Cream Cheese

Egg Whites

Sugar

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Blender

Add 2 cups egg yolk mixture, and process until smooth. Stir egg white mixture into remaining egg yolk mixture until blended.

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Egg Whites

Egg Yolk

Pour custard over caramelized sugar in pan.

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Custard

Sugar

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Place cake pan in a large shallow pan.

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Add hot water to large pan to depth of one-third up sides of cake pan.

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Water

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Bake at 350 for 50 to 60 minutes or until a knife inserted into center of flan comes out clean.

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Knife

Remove pan from water; cool completely on a wire rack (about 2 hours). Cover and chill 4 hours to 2 days.

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Water

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Run a knife around edge of flan to loosen; invert onto a serving plate. (Once inverted, the flan will take about 30 seconds to slip from the pan. Be sure to use a serving plate with a lip to catch the extra caramel sauce.)

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Caramel Sauce