Creamy Caramel Flan

LAST UPDATED ON December 1st, 2018 at 12:23 am

Creamy Caramel Flan is an easy custard dessert recipe made with milk and so popular in many parts of the world: Europe, South America and some Asian countries too.

Easy caramel flan recipe made with eggs and baked in caramel sauce lined ramekins

Easy Caramel Flan Recipe made with Milk

Browsing through the internet, there are soooo many variations of flan recipes: pumpkin flan, coconut flan, dulce de leche flan, flan de quest de cobra, pineapple flan, flan de naranja and so many others

After trying some of these different variations of flan recipes, I’ve noticed there are 2 types of flans:

• Creamy flans having almost a custard consistency with caramel sauce that covers the top. These creamy flans are made with milk and separate really well and they have a wiggly move like a panna cota when you shake them.
• Pudding consistency flans that are rich and usually made with sweetened condensed milk. They don’t have that wiggly move.

What is the difference between Caramel Flan and Creme Brulee

The main differences between Caramel Flan and Creme Brulee are the finish tops of these custard desserts and the way they are cooked.

While Caramel Flan is a custard baked in caramel sauce lined ramekins, the Creme Brulee has a hard caramel layer on top, made from melting sugar with a blowtorch.

If you love creme brûlée, you be delighted with this Caramel Flan dessert recipe. It doesn’t have that hard, burnt sugar finish on the top but has plenty of caramel sauce.

What ingredients you need to make Flan?

• sugar,
• milk,
• egg yolks
• vanilla essence

What ingredients for Caramel sauce for Flan Recipe?

• sugar
• butter
• heavy creme

Speaking of making caramel sauce, the recipe I initially tried gave me more headaches that I needed it. My first attempt was a disaster, the mix was looking like sea salt, having nothing to do with the running golden/ brown caramel sauce.

My second one was almost the same.

By this time, I was starting to wonder if the person who wrote that recipe was even able to come close to what is called caramel. Well, sorry rant over 🙂

The third time and a new recipe, everything went smooth, the caramel came together just perfect and I was able to finish this caramel flan recipe.

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Creamy Caramel Flan Recipe

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

35 mins

Resting Time

4 mins

Total Time

45 mins

 

Creamy Caramel Flan is an easy custard dessert recipe made with milk and so popular in many parts of the world: Europe, South America and some Asian countries too.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Argentinian

Servings: 4

Calories: 392 kcal

Author: Adore Foods

Ingredients

• Caramel Sauce
• 4 tbsp butter
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup sugar
• Flan
• 2 cups hot milk
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Make Caramel sauce

   Combine all ingredients (butter, heavy cream and sugar) on the stove top and heat on a medium heat, constantly stirring.

2. Cook the mixture until it starts to boil, keep stirring constantly and let it boil for 5 minutes before you remove from heat. 

   Make sure it gets up to about 200 degrees during the boiling time. 

   Working quickly, at the same time being very careful not to burn yourself, pour hot caramel into molds and spread throughout the base. Set aside.

3. Preheat oven to 350F/ 180C.

4. Make Flan 

   Place milk and sugar in a saucepan and warm – do not let the milk boil-- over low heat, stirring, until sugar dissolves. 

   In a bowl beat eggs and vanilla for 2 minutes, pour into hot milk and stir. Strain the mixture and divide it into the coated ramekins/ molds and place them in a baking dish. 

   Fill half of it with hot water and bake in water bath for about 30 minutes or until a knife inserted in center of the custard comes out clean. 

5. Allow to cool, then refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving.