Pumpkin Flan with Spiced Pumpkin Seeds

Name: Pumpkin Flan with Spiced Pumpkin Seeds
Prep time: 8 h
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Spanish, European
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons cayenne; 5 larges whole large eggs plus 1 large egg yolk; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 355 milliliters heavy cream; 237 milliliters green (hulled) pumpkin seeds (1/4 pound; not toasted); 1 teaspoons salt; 425 grams solid-pack pumpkin (1 3/4 cups; not pie filling); 473 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 teaspoon vegetable oil; 237 milliliters whole milk

The recipe Pumpkin Flan with Spiced Pumpkin Seeds could satisfy your European craving in roughly 8 hours. This recipe serves 8. Watching your figure? This gluten free and vegetarian recipe has 473 calories, 7g of protein, and 25g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have vegetable oil, eggs plus 1 egg yolk, ground cinnamon, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

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

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Heat soufflé dish in oven while making caramel.

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Caramel

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Cook 1 cup sugar in a dry 2-quart 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. Wearing oven mitts, remove hot dish from oven and immediately pour caramel into dish, tilting it to cover bottom and side. (Leave oven on.) Keep tilting as caramel cools and thickens enough to coat, then let harden.

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Caramel

Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Oven

Bring cream and milk to a bare simmer in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, then remove from heat.

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Cream

Milk

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Whisk together whole eggs, yolk, and remaining cup sugar in a large bowl until combined well, then whisk in pumpkin, vanilla, spices, and salt until combined well.

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Pumpkin

Vanilla

Spices

Sugar

Salt

Egg Yolk

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Whisk

Bowl

Add hot cream mixture in a slow stream, whisking.

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Cream

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Whisk

Pour custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, scraping with a rubber spatula to force through, and stir to combine well.

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Custard

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Pour custard over caramel in dish, then bake in a water bath until flan is golden brown on top and a knife inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 1/4 hours.

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Custard

Water

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Remove dish from water bath and transfer to a rack to cool. Chill flan, covered, until cold, at least 6 hours.

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Water

Toast pumpkin seeds in oil in a 10- to 12-inch heavy skillet (preferably cast-iron) over moderately low heat, stirring constantly, until puffed and golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Toss with salt and cayenne until coated.

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Pumpkin Seeds

Ground Cayenne Pepper

Toast

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Run a thin knife between flan and side of dish to loosen. Shake dish gently from side to side and, when flan moves freely in dish, 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

Shake

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Sprinkle flan with spiced pumpkin seeds just before serving.

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Pumpkin Seeds

• Flan can be chilled 1 day.• Spiced pumpkin seeds keep in an airtight container at room temperature, 3 days.

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Pumpkin Seeds

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Servings:

0teaspoons

cayenne 5larges

whole large eggs plus 1 large egg yolk 2teaspoons

ground cinnamon 1teaspoon

ground ginger 0teaspoons

ground nutmeg 355milliliters

heavy cream 237milliliters

green (hulled) pumpkin seeds (1/4 pound; not toasted)1teaspoons

salt 425grams

solid-pack pumpkin (1 3/4 cups; not pie filling)473milliliters

sugar 1teaspoon

vanilla 1teaspoon

vegetable oil 237milliliters

whole milk

Recommended wine: Tempranillo, Albarino, Grenache

Spanish can be paired with Tempranillo, Albarino, and Grenache. When pairing wine with Spanish dishes, why not follow the rule 'what grows together goes together'? We recommend albariño for white wine and garnachan and tempranillo for red. The Flaco Tempranillo with a 4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 8 dollars per bottle.