Orange-Coffee Flan

Name: Orange-Coffee Flan
Prep time: 3 h 20 min
Cook time: 3 h 20 min
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Spanish, European
Ingredients: 5 larges eggs; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 828 milliliters half-and-half; 4 teaspoons instant espresso powder; 8 servings Kosher salt; 1 wide strip orange zest, very thinly sliced; 177 milliliters sugar; 397 grams sweetened condensed milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Orange-Coffee Flan might be just the dessert you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free and vegetarian recipe has 414 calories, 11g of protein, and 19g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours and 20 minutes. Head to the store and pick up eggs, vanillan extract, kosher salt, and a few other things to make it today. This recipe is typical of European cuisine.

Instructions

Heat the sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat until it begins to melt. Cook, swirling the pan but not stirring, until deep amber, about 10 minutes. Stir in the orange zest and cook 30 seconds.

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Orange Zest

Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Pour into a 9-inch-round cake pan; tilt to coat.

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Cake Form

Let harden, about 10 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Dissolve the espresso powder in 1 tablespoon warm water in a large bowl.

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Instant Espresso

Water

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Bowl

Oven

Whisk in the eggs.

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Egg

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Whisk

Add the sweetened condensed milk, half-and-half, vanilla, cinnamon and 1/8 teaspoon salt; whisk until smooth.

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Sweetened Condensed Milk

Cinnamon

Vanilla

Salt

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Whisk

Pour the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into the cake pan.

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Cake Form

Sieve

Loosely cover the cake pan with foil (do not let the foil touch the custard). Line a roasting pan with a kitchen towel and set the cake pan on top.

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Custard

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Kitchen Towels

Roasting Pan

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Aluminum Foil

Transfer to the oven and fill the roasting pan with hot water, about halfway up the side of the cake pan.

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Water

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Roasting Pan

Cake Form

Oven

Bake until the flan is set but still wobbly in the center, 1 hour, 30 minutes to 1 hour, 45 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from the oven and let cool in the water bath, about 1 hour.

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Water

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Oven

Remove from the water, cover with plastic wrap and chill at least 8 hours.

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Water

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Run a knife around the edge of the pan to loosen the flan; let sit 20 minutes. Invert the flan onto a rimmed plate and unmold, letting the caramel drip out.

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Caramel