Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
- 7 egg yolks
- 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 4 egg whites
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Cook 1 cup sugar in a medium-size saucepan over medium heat, and cook, stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until sugar melts and turns a light golden brown. Quickly pour hot caramelized sugar into a 2-quart flan dish. Using oven mitts, tilt dish to evenly coat bottom and sides. Let stand 5 minutes. Sugar will harden.
Whisk together egg yolks and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl.
Process egg whites, cream cheese, and remaining 1/2 cup sugar in blender until smooth. Stir egg white mixture into egg yolk mixture. Pour mixture through a wire-mesh strainer into a large bowl; pour custard over caramelized sugar.
Place dish in a large shallow pan. Add hot water to pan to a depth of 1/3 up sides of dish.
Bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes. Remove dish from water bath; cool completely on a wire rack. Cover and chill at least 3 hours.
Run a knife around edge of flan to loosen; invert onto a serving plate.
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By Cucina Gina
on March 11, 2013
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Did not have flan pan so used a large cake pan. After spreading the caramel on my heated cake pan, I sprinkled a bit of sea salt to get that sweet/salt thing going. I added the seeds from a vanilla bead and a splash of almond extract to the mixture. My friends went nuts! It was awesome. The best I have had. A definite do over. Be sure to strain your mixture and prior to serving let your pan sit in a larger pan of warm water to ensure easy separation.
By jessi_fajardo
on December 30, 2012
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Love it!!!
By cguerra_vazquez...
Chihuahua, Mexicom
on June 23, 2012
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I live in Mexico and everytime i go to a restaurant and see flan on the menu i request it for dessert, and this week i decided i was going to make my own flan and eat it! i have the basic mexican recipe but i tought "i´ll try the one i saw in the food network website, it has so many good reviews that it must be really awesome and better than the one i have". My big fat mistake. This flan is ok but that's all, i did not love it, i don't even want a second piece. This recipe has too many steps for something so basic, i just placed everything in the blender and blended it for two minutes and poured the unstrained mixture over the hardened caramel and it came out good, also i used my nordic ware quilted heart pan, great if you want this flan for a heart shaped gift. I won't make this recipe again, i prefer to buy the Yoplait individual baked flan i get in the supermarket for about 50 cents of a dollar.
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