Classic Crème Caramel (Flan)
Light creamy silky smooth textured classic crème caramel. It's everybody's favourite dessert and the fun thing is, it only requires a few ingredients. Convenient and yum!
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr 10 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup sugar ((200 g))
- 1/4 cup water ((60 ml))
- 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
- 2 cup full fat milk ((500 ml), room temperature)
- 4 eggs (, room temperature)
- 14 oz sweetened condensed milk ((400 g))
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- 1
Add all caramel ingredients in a pot and cook on medium heat, untouched, until it turns amber color.
- 2
Carefully divide the caramel into 6x1 cup (250 ml) container. Holding the tip of the container, carefully swirl so that the caramel coats 1/2 way the inner wall of the container. Set aside.
- 3
Into a bowl, add in eggs, condensed milk and vanilla extract. Use a hand whisk and gently mix everything together.
- 4
Then pour in milk into the eggs mixture. Again, gently mix everything. Sift the mixture to discard any lumps. Pour into prepared containers, leaving a bit less than 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) space to the brim.
- 5
Cover each container with aluminium foil and then place them in a deep baking tray. Pour hot water until 1/2 way of the baking tray, using bain-marie method.
- 6
Bake in preheated oven at 280ºF (140ºC) for 60 minutes or until cooked and set yet still wiggly. Remove from the hot water and leave to cool to room temperature. Then chill in the fridge overnight or minimum 8 hours.