Coffee-Cardamom Flans with Orange Crème Fraîche
Coffee-Cardamom Flans with Orange Crème Fraîche is a gluten free and vegetarian dessert. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 360 calories, 8g of protein, and 11g of fat. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up corn syrup, orange crème fraîche, ground espresso beans, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.
Instructions
Stir 1 cup sugar, 1/3 cup water, and corn syrup in heavy medium saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil without stirring until caramel is deep amber color, brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush and swirling pan occasionally, about 7 minutes. Working quickly, pour caramel into eight 3/4-cup custard cups. Tilt and rotate each cup to coat sides and bottom.
Stir milk, ground coffee, cardamom, and 1/2 cup sugar in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves and mixture simmers.
Remove pan from heat; let mixture steep 1 hour.
Whisk egg yolks, whole eggs, and remaining 1/2 cup sugar in large bowl to blend. Return milk mixture to simmer; gradually whisk into egg mixture. Line sieve with several layers of moistened cheesecloth; strain custard into bowl, then divide among caramel-lined cups. Arrange cups in 13x9x2-inch metal baking pan.
Pour enough hot water into baking pan to come halfway up sides of cups. Cover pan loosely with foil.
Bake flans 20 minutes. Lift foil to allow steam to escape. Replace foil.
Bake flans until softly set in center, lifting foil every 10 minutes, about 35 minutes longer.
Remove flans from water. Chill flans 4 hours; cover and chill overnight.
Run knife around flans. Turn out onto plates.
Serve with crème fraîche.