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MUY BUENO!!! One of the best flans I have ever had. I did not use the water & lemon for the caramel as others suggested. It's very important to cream the egg/sugar mixture till it is pale yellow and thick to avoid a runny flan. I also used vanilla extract and plain old ground cinnamon and it came out fantastic!! I agree with another reviewer that the texture and taste resembled creme brulee! Thanks for sharing.

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This recipe for flan is HORRIBLE. I've made plenty of flans and wanted to give this one a try, but I took one bite and threw out the rest. The recipes that I've used for flan call for sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, vanilla, eggs, and cream cheese, which gives the flan it's signature velvety, creamy, custard texture. This recipe turned into a curdled, gross egg mixture, despite meticulously following the directions. Even more, when I make caramel for flan, I just cook sugar by itself in a pan and get WAY better results. I don't know what the deal is with the water and lemon, to me it came out bitter. This was seriously a disaster of a flan recipe. There are much easier recipes that will yield far better tasting results.

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Haven't tasted mine yet, but had several problems while making it. The caramel was the first problem (I think I burned it!. The water had boiled off and left some crusty looking sugar with the caramel starting to form on the bottom and burn. I ended up stirring the crusty sugar around to get it to dissolve into the syrup completely. Also, I beat the custard mixture for a while but it never really thickened up. However, the beating aerated it so that after I poured it into the ramekins, it shrunk down to about half as much as I thought I had poured in! We will see how it turns out, but I am not sure how it will be. The caramel almost seems to sticky for me to get the flan out of the ramekins (even with hot water!.

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This recipe is so simple but so fabulous. Based on the comments by other reviewers, I was nervous about making the carmel but there was no need to be. Tyler's instructions work perfectly. I used a non-stick pan. Don't mix/touch the sugar; it will melt into an amber color sauce. Not sure why it was such a problem for others. This recipe is a definite keeper. I substituted 2 tsp vanilla extract second time I made it because it cost me $10 for 1 vanilla bean. Flan came out just as good, if not BETTER!!!

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I made this last Valentine's Day. I was VERY nervous...as I had never made anything like this before. But lo & behold, it came out PERFECT. I'm making it again for New Year's Eve but I'm so worried that I just had 'beginner's luck'!!! Anyway, <fingers crossed> I'm hoping for the best...again!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

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I loved this recipe! I halved it and made 2 individual servings for my myself and my husband. It was the most amazing flan I've ever had. I had a little trouble inverting at first, due to the hard caramel. But I just held the very bottom of the ramekins in some really hot (almost boiling water for 30-60 seconds. The custard turns out perfectly!! So good!

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I read some of the reviews before deciding to try this anyway. I don't normally care for flan but was looking for Mexican desserts for an office lunch. (Also see Guy Fieri's Tequila Bars - 5 Stars This was delicious; custard reminded me of creme brulee. My only problem was I should have cooked it another 5 minutes; it's always hard to determine the correct amount of jiggle. I would definitely recommend and make this again.

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Loved it!
But, very scary in the process. I thought I had failed. But, I kept going thinking it must work out somehow.... And it did.
It took 45 minutes (! for the hard crystalized sugar to begin seeping the caramel into the pan.
Whew!
Like magic it turned to beautiful caramel.
The custard was delicious, too.
I put this recipe into six small ramekins perfectly.
Came out easily.
Looked beautiful. Many compliments.

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I have tried this recipe many times and love it. I have friend that do not like flan but love this one. Will keep this in my recipe box for ever.

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You will need to use a non-stick pan, and do use water! It only takes practice. Mi Mama taught me when I was young. I ruined it the first few times!