Step 1: SYRUP: Place the 3/4 cup sugar in a large skillet and cook over medium heat till sugar melts and forms a light brown syrup (don't let it burn); stir to blend.
Step 2: While this is melting, put a shallow 8 1/4" baking dish into a 325 degree oven to heat so that after the above sugar has become a syrup you can IMMEDIATELY pour it into the heated dish and holding the dish with pot holders, quickly rotate to cover bottom completely and a little way up the side----set aside but DO NOT turn the 325 degree oven off.
Step 3: FLAN: Oven is at 325 degrees and all ready for you.
Step 4: In medium saucepan put the milk and cream and heat just till bubbles form around the edge of pan.
Step 5: In large bowl whisk eggs; add the 1/2 cup sugar, salt, vanilla; mix well
Step 6: Gradually stir the hot milk mixture into this, stirring all the while.
Step 7: Pour into the prepared dish with the syrup; set dish in shallow pan and pour boiling water around the dish to 1/2" deep.
Step 8: Bake in the 325 degree oven for about 35-40 minutes or until a silver knife comes out clean; let cool.
Step 9: Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or better yet, ovenight.
Step 10: To serve, run a spatula around edge of dish to loosen; invert onto a shallow serving dish with a lip to catch that wonderful syrup.
Step 11: Gently shake to release and hold the dish over the flan for a couple of minutes to get as much syrup dripped out as you can.
This page is built for your convenience in the kitchen.
If you want helpful tools, tips and recipes from our community of real cooks, please consider signing up.
Oh... And one more thing... We also have some pretty wild forums.