Caramel Key Lime Flan

Name: Caramel Key Lime Flan
Prep time: 1 d 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 d 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 d 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Spanish, European
Ingredients: 1 egg yolk; 59 milliliters key lime juice; 2 Tbsps key lime zest (lime can substituted); 118 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoon orange liqueur (recommended: Grand Marnier); 1 pinch Pinch sea salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 591 milliliters sweetened condensed milk; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 3 Tbsps water; 4 whole eggs

Need a gluten free and vegetarian dessert? Caramel Key Lime Flan could be an awesome recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains about 15g of protein, 15g of fat, and a total of 544 calories. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. Head to the store and pick up egg yolk, milk, lime zest, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 25 hours and 15 minutes. This recipe is typical of European cuisine.

Instructions

Special Equipment: 9-inch cake pan or molds

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Cake Form

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Caramel: In a heavy-bottomed pan, bring the sugar and water to a boil over medium heat Stir with a wooden spoon, until a pale brown color develops.

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Caramel

Sugar

Water

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Wooden Spoon

Frying Pan

Remove from the heat, and let rest for 2 to 3 minutes, then pour into the cake pan, evenly coating the entire bottom. The caramel is extremely hot, so be careful when pouring it into the cake pan or molds.

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Caramel

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Cake Form

In a saucepan over medium-high heat, add the condensed milk, the milk, the lime juice and zest, orange liqueur, and vanilla. Simmer for 12 to 15 minutes, stirring throughout to combine flavors.

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Sweetened Condensed Milk

Orange Liqueur

Lime Juice

Vanilla

Milk

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Sauce Pan

In a mixing bowl, whisk the eggs and yolk together, then slowly temper into the milk mixture, constantly stirring the eggs into the warmed milk. Slowly incorporating the eggs will keep the eggs from scrambling.

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Egg

Milk

Egg Yolk

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Mixing Bowl

Whisk

Pour milk mixture over the caramel in cake pan.

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Caramel

Milk

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Cake Form

Put the cake pan into a larger shallow vessel filled halfway up with water.

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Water

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Cake Form

Put the dish into the oven and bake for 40 to 50 minutes.

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Oven

Remove the flan from oven and let cool. Refrigerate the flan overnight. To remove the flan from the pan, put the pan into a shallow container with about 1-inch of warm water.

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Water

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Oven

Frying Pan

Let sit for about 10 minutes, which will soften the caramel and make it easier to remove.

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Caramel

Invert the flan onto a platter and serve.