Creamy Lemon Flan Food

FRESH FRUIT FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-by-15 inch jelly roll pan.
• For the crust, sift together the flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda into a mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, cream together white and confectioners' sugars, butter, vegetable oil, egg, and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients. Blend well. Spread the dough evenly on the bottom of the greased pan. Bake until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow to cool completely.
• For the filling, cream together the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Spread over the cooled crust. Arrange the fruit on the cream cheese filling and refrigerate.
• For the glaze, mix together the sugar and cornstarch in a small saucepan. Whisk in the water, orange juice, and lemon juice. Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil gently for one minute. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.
• Spoon or brush the glaze evenly over the fruit. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

LEMON FLAN WITH STRAWBERRIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Cook 1 cup sugar in small heavy saucepan on medium heat 6 to 8 min. or until melted and deep golden brown, stirring constantly. Immediately pour into 9-inch round pan; tilt pan to evenly cover bottom with syrup.
• Blend milk and cream cheese in blender until smooth. Add eggs, lemon zest, juice and remaining sugar; blend until smooth. (Do not overmix.) Pour over syrup in pan; cover with foil. Place filled pan in larger shallow pan. Add enough hot water to larger pan to come halfway up outside of 9-inch pan.
• Bake 50 min. to 1 hour or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool slightly. Carefully remove flan from water-filled pan; place on wire rack. Cool completely.
• Refrigerate 4 hours. Invert flan onto platter just before serving; carefully remove pan. Top with strawberries.

CREAMY LEMON FLAN

Steps:

• Put the jam in a freezer bag and snip off the corner. Grease a 18x19cm flan tin or sandwich tin with butter and line with baking paper. Melt the butter in a pan, then remove from the heat.
• Put the biscuits in a freezer bag and crush with a rolling pin until you get fine crumbs. Mix with the melted butter.
• Press the mixture into the tin to make an even crust. Chill for at least 30 minutes.
• Put the condensed milk, lemon zest and cream in a bowl. Whisk until just combined, then slowly drizzle in the lemon juice, whisking all the time, until the mixture thickens.
• Pour the lemon juice into the flan case. Pipe some jam on top, then use a cocktail stick to create a feathered effect.

CREAMY CARAMEL FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a small, heavy saucepan over medium-low heat, cook sugar, stirring, until golden. Pour into a 10 inch round baking dish, tilting to coat bottom and sides. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until well incorporated. Beat in condensed and evaporated milk and vanilla until smooth. Pour into caramel coated pan. Line a roasting pan with a damp kitchen towel. Place baking dish on towel, inside roasting pan, and place roasting pan on oven rack. Fill roasting pan with boiling water to reach halfway up the sides of the baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven 50 to 60 minutes, until center is just set. Cool one hour on wire rack, then chill in refrigerator 8 hours or overnight. To unmold, run a knife around edges of pan and invert on a rimmed serving platter.

CREAMY CARAMEL FLAN

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, cook sugar and water over medium-low heat until melted and golden, about 15 minutes. Brush down crystals on the side of the pan with additional water as necessary. Quickly pour into an ungreased 2-qt. round baking or souffle dish, tilting to coat the bottom; let stand for 10 minutes. , Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until thoroughly combined. Add remaining ingredients; mix well. Pour over caramelized sugar. , Place the dish in a larger baking pan. Pour boiling water into larger pan to a depth of 1 in. Bake until the center is just set (mixture will jiggle), 50-60 minutes. , Remove dish from a larger pan to a wire rack; cool for 1 hour. Refrigerate overnight. , To unmold, run a knife around edges and invert onto a large rimmed serving platter. Cut into wedges or spoon onto dessert plates; spoon sauce over each serving.

LEMON FLAN

Steps:

• crush the biscuits into small pieces,.
• melt the butter in a pan then add the crushed biscuits,mixing well.
• press the biscuit mix into a flan dish and leave in fridge for 30 minutes.
• whisk together the milk and cream adding the juice and rind of both lemons until mixed well.
• pour over the cooled base and leave in fridge for 4 hours.
• (although good after 4 hours even better if left for 24 hours).