Low-Fat Pumpkin Flan

Name: Low-Fat Pumpkin Flan
Prep time: 5 h 40 min
Cook time: 5 h 40 min
Total time: 5 h 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Spanish, European
Ingredients: 425 grams pumpkin puree; 5 larges eggs; 1 pinch ground allspice; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 0 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 pinch ground mace; 414 milliliters low-fat milk; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped out and reserved; 2 Tbsps water; 79 milliliters white sugar

You can never have too many European recipes, so give Low-Fat Pumpkin Flan a try. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains approximately 6g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 118 calories. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet. Head to the store and pick up ground cloves, eggs, ground cinnamon, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 5 hours and 40 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

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Set eight (5 1/2 ounce) ramekins into a large baking dish.

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Baking Pan

Ramekin

Stir together 1 1/4 cups sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir until dark amber, about 10 minutes.

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Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Quickly divide the caramel among the ramekins; set aside.

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Caramel

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Ramekin

Whisk eggs, cinnamon, salt, cloves, ginger, allspice, mace, and 1/3 cup sugar together in a large bowl. Stir in pumpkin puree until smooth.

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Canned Pumpkin

Allspice

Cinnamon

Clove

Ginger

Sugar

Egg

Ground Mace

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Heat milk in a saucepan over medium-low heat until it starts to gently bubble and steam.

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Milk

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Remove from heat.

Place vanilla bean seeds and pod in milk. Allow to soak for 10 minutes. Slowly strain hot milk mixture into the egg mixture and whisk to form a thin custard.

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Vanilla Bean