Portuguese Flan Food

BRAZILIAN FLAN RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350F.

FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF). Pour 200 grams (about 1 cup) sugar in a pudding mold (18 x 10 centimeters (7 x 4 inches)). Place the pudding mold on the stove over low heat until caramelize the sugar (go turning the pudding mold until stays completely caramelized).
• In an electric mixer, beat on medium speed the eggs, sugar and the lemon zest until obtain a homogeneous mixture. Pour the milk and mix about 2 to 3 minutes until it's nicely incorporated.
• Pour the mixture into the pudding mold and bake for about 30 minutes until golden (the time depends on the oven).
• Remove the flan from oven and let cool completely. Unmold onto a plate and serve.

PORTUGUESE FLAN

Steps:

• With the rack in the middle position, preheat the oven to 150°C (300°F).
• Caramel: In a saucepan, heat the sugar and water until it turns golden brown. Meanwhile, warm a Bundt pan of approximately 24-cm (3 ½-inch). Using a silicone brush, paint the interior with the caramel.
• Custard: In a saucepan, heat 125 ml (1/2 cup) of sugar and the water until it turns golden brown. Remove from the heat and slowly add the cream. Reheat to ensure that the sugar is fully dissolved. Add the milk.
• In a bowl, whisk by hand the eggs with 1/4 cup of sugar. Whisk in the hot egg mixture. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve. Pour the egg mixture into the Bundt pan.
• Line a roasting pan with a dishtowel or other cloth. Place the Bundt pan in the roasting pan and add enough boiling water to reach halfway up the sides of the Bundt pan. Bake until just set, 1 hour 15 minutes.
• Remove the Bundt pan from the oven. Let cool, then refrigerate overnight. Before serving, run the tip of a knife around the inside of the pan to facilitate unmoulding. Unmould onto a serving plate.
• Serve chilled.

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BRAZILIAN FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
• In a sauce pan, melt the sugar over medium high heat. After about 10 minutes, once it's golden brown, add the water and let it cook, stirring lightly, until it thickens a bit.
• Pour the caramel into a 10 inch Angel Food Pan and swirl it to cover the bottom and sides. Let it sit for a few minutes so it hardens. It is important that the caramel firms before you add the flan mixture so they don't mix together.
• Add the sweet condensed milk, milk, eggs and vanilla extract to a large blender jar. Blend for a few minutes until smooth. (If you can't fit all the ingredients, divide them equally into 2 batches!)
• Pour the flan mixture into the angel food pan and cover with foil.
• Fill a large baking pan (a lasagna dish works great!) halfway through with water and place the angel food pan in it.
• Bring it to the oven and bake it in bain marie for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown. I like to wiggle the pan a bit to see if it's still liquidy. Sometimes I have to leave it for an extra 15 minutes. You can also insert a cake tester to check. It should come out clean or almost clean.
• Let the flan cool and transfer it to the fridge to cool overnight.
• To remove the flan from the mold, just run a knife along the sides and then carefully flip it on a serving plate.

PORTUGUESE FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. To make caramel: combine the sugar and the water in a medium saucepan. Be sure all the sugar granules are washed down from the sides of the pan (use a wet pastry brush). Cook over moderate heat, swirling the pan occasionally, until the color is golden brown and the mixture smells like caramel. This will take about 10 to 15 minutes. Pour the caramel into a 9 inch round cake pan and, holding the pan with an oven glove, swirl it around to generously coat the bottom and sides. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, gently whisk together the eggs, egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, and 2 cups of the half and half, without whisking in any air. Bring the remaining half and half and the port to a simmer in a small saucepan and begin whisking this into the egg mixture a little at a time, whisking constantly until it is all incorporated. Pour through a strainer into the prepared cake pan. Place the pan inside a large roasting pan and pour very hot tap water into the pan so that it comes halfway up the sides of the cake pan. Bake for about 1 to 1 1/4 hours, or until the center is slightly jiggly but not wavy. Cool to room temperature and then cover with plastic wrap with the plastic gently touching the top of the flan. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours and up to 4 days.
• To unmold the custard, run a small sharp knife around the inside edges of the dish several times to loosen it. Dip the bottom briefly in a basin of very hot tap water. Invert a round platter over the dish and turn them both over together, shaking the two a little to help release the custard (or rap the bottom of the platter gently on the work surface). The caramel sauce will run out around the edges of the platter. Garnish the top of the flan with violets or other edible flowers.