Coffee Flan

Name: Coffee Flan
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Spanish, European
Ingredients: 5 larges eggs; 5 teaspoons instant-coffee granules dissolved in 4 teaspoons hot water; 0 teaspoons salt; 177 milliliters sugar; 397 grams sweetened condensed milk (1 1/4 cups); 1 teaspoon vanilla; 887 milliliters whole milk

Coffee Flan might be just the European recipe you are searching for. One serving contains 344 calories, 11g of protein, and 11g of fat. For 65 cents per serving, you get a dessert that serves 8. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up condensed milk, sugar, salt, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.

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Oven

Cook sugar in a dry small heavy saucepan over moderate heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork, until sugar melts into a deep golden caramel. Immediately pour into a 9-inch round ceramic or glass baking dish or metal cake pan (2 inches deep) and tilt dish to coat bottom (use caution, dish will be hot). Cool until hardened, 10 to 15 minutes.

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Caramel

Sugar

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Glass Baking Pan

Cake Form

Sauce Pan

Blend remaining ingredients in a blender, in 2 batches if your blender is small, until smooth.

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Blender

Pour custard through a fine-mesh sieve over caramel in dish, then transfer dish to a 17- by 11-inch roasting pan lined with a kitchen towel. Cover dish loosely with a piece of foil, then pour enough boiling-hot water into roasting pan to reach 1 inch up side of dish.

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Caramel

Custard

Water

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Kitchen Towels

Roasting Pan

Sieve

Aluminum Foil

Bake until custard is set but still wobbly in center when gently shaken and a knife inserted in center comes out clean, 1 to 1 1/4 hours.

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Custard

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Oven

Knife

Transfer dish to a rack to cool completely, about 40 minutes. Chill flan, covered, until cold, at least 8 hours.

To unmold flan, run a thin knife around edge of dish to loosen flan. Invert a large platter with a lip over dish. Holding dish and platter securely together, quickly invert and turn out flan onto platter. Caramel will pour out over and around flan.

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Caramel

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Knife

Flan can be chilled up to 1 day (before unmolding).