Caramel Flan
"Caramel Flan" is also know as Caramel Custard or Caramel Pudding . It is a quick and easy dessert made of milk, eggs and sugar and topped with caramel sauce. The sugar is caramelized and poured over a baking dish followed by the milk mixture. This is then baked in a tray filled with water until the center is just set and starts to wiggles.The pudding is then taken out chilled in a refrigerator ,sliced and served.
Ingredients
- Egg 3
- Milk -500 ml
- Custard powder -1 tbsp (optional)
- Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
- Honey 1 tsp
- Sugar - 1/2 cup +6 tbsp
- Water -1 tbsp
Method
- Caramelize 6 tbsp sugar with 1 tbsp water till amber color and pour in a baking dish.
- Beat egg, milk,1/2 cup sugar vanilla essence ,custard powder and honey well.
- Strain and pour over over the caramel syrup filled baking dish.The caramel syrup will be set by now but it will turn back to syrup after baking. .
- In a baking pan fill half with water.
- Place the pudding filler pan over it and bake for 40 mins at 350-375 degree Fahrenheit.
- Once done.(the center is just st and begins to wiggle) take out and allow to cool.
- Chill in a refrigerator for minimum of 3 hrs.
- Once chilled, at the time of serving , run a knife around the edges and de -mould. Invert the pan so that the caramel syrup flows over the pudding.
- Slice and serve cold.
Notes
- If you don't have an oven,you can even steam the pudding in a steamer instead of baking.
- Adjust the quantity of sugar to ones' taste.
- If you overcook , the pudding becomes rubbery
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