Cuban Pumpkin Flan
Recipe: #32771
June 26, 2019
Categories: Desserts, Pumpkin, Cuban, Oven Bake, Gluten-Free No Eggs, Vegetarian, Kosher Dairy, more
"There is alot of different flavors of flan ,pumpkin is just one of those .caramel is made in microwave"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (494.9 g)
- Calories 555.9
- Total Fat - 28.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 10.5 g
- Cholesterol - 920.2 mg
- Sodium - 598.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 39 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.6 g
- Sugars - 35.1 g
- Protein - 36 g
- Calcium - 326 mg
- Iron - 4.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 6.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Microwave caramel
Step 2
Put sugar and water in a 6 cup glass measuring cup.
Step 3
Cover tightly with microwavable plastic and cook on high for 5 minutes,
Step 4
Until the syrup turns deep amber (the longer it cooks, the darker it’ll be).
Step 5
If sugar is still white after 5 minutes,
Step 6
Add 20 seconds at a time till you reach the right golden color.
Step 7
Don’t overcook since you don’t want to burn it!
Step 8
Uncover carefully
Step 9
And pour the caramel into the flan mold you’ll be using.
Step 10
Swish it around until the pan until it is all covered with the caramel.
Step 11
Wear gloves and be careful!
Step 12
Egg custard
Step 13
Blend all the ingredientstogether in 2 batches
Step 14
Blend 5 minutes
Step 15
Pout into a big mixing bowl and whiske it gently together.
Step 16
Pour into your 2 liter flan pan that has been covered with the caramel.
Step 17
Put the uncovered pan in a bain-marie
Step 18
In your oven for one hour at 350 degrees.
Step 19
After one hour, insert a knife in the center and make sure it comes out clean before you remove from the oven
Step 20
Put in the frig overnight
Step 21
Remove the flan from the refrigerator and let it sit at room temperature for 10 minutes.
Step 22
Fill a shallow pan with hot water.
Step 23
Dip the bottom of the mold in the hot water for 3 seconds so the caramel loosens from the bottom of the pan.
Step 24
Flip onto a plate the next day
Tips
- Bain marie waterbath
- Flan pan