Guava and Cheese Flan (Flan de Guayaba y Queso)

Name: Guava and Cheese Flan (Flan de Guayaba y Queso)
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Spanish, European
Ingredients: 397 grams condensed milk; 170 grams cream cheese, softened; 5 larges eggs; 340 grams evaporated milk; 198 grams guava paste; 237 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 59 milliliters water

Guavan and Cheese Flan (Flan de Guayaba y Queso) might be just the European recipe you are searching for. This recipe makes 8 servings with 443 calories, 12g of protein, and 18g of fat each. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of condensed milk, guava paste, evaporated milk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. 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.

Instructions

To prepare the caramel, put 1 cup of sugar in a small pot with ¼ cup of water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Stir once and reduce the heat to medium and cook about 5 minutes or until the syrup turns a caramel color.Immediately pour an equal amount of the caramel into each ramekin or any oven proof mold you want to use. Swirl each dish to coat the base with the caramel, work fast as the caramel will harden quickly as it cools.

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Caramel Color

Caramel

Sugar

Base

Water

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Ramekin

Oven

Pot

Place all the ramekins in a large roasting pan and set aside.Preheat the oven to 350° F.In a blender add the eggs, condensed milk, evaporated milk, cream cheese, guava paste and vanilla extract and blend until smooth.Carefully pour an equal amount of the flan mixture into the caramelized ramekins in the roasting pan. Then add hot water to the roasting pan, not to the ramekins, until the water comes half way up the sides of the ramekins.

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Sweetened Condensed Milk

Vanilla Extract

Cream Cheese

Guava

Water

Egg

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Roasting Pan

Ramekin

Blender

Oven

Place the roasting pan in the oven and bake for 1 hour or until a knife inserted in the center of the flan comes out clean.

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Roasting Pan

Oven

Knife

Remove from the roasting pan and cool for at least 30 minutes. Then cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.To serve, carefully run a knife around the edge of the ramekin, cover with a serving plate, flip it over and gently remove the ramekin allowing the caramel run over the sides.

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Caramel

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Roasting Pan

Ramekin

Knife