Check the Leche Flan Recipe & Be Ready To Prepare A Dessert None Can Resist
LECHE FLAN RECIPE – Here is a guide on how to make this all-time favorite dessert and the ingredients that you need to prepare.
Many people have sweet tooth. To these individuals, a meal is only complete if there is a dessert and there are countless of sweet treats that you can choose from — chocolates to ice cream to pastries and other oven-baked products. One of the all-time favorite desserts of many people is the Leche Flan.
The Leche Flan is a dessert made of eggs, milk, and sugar syrup or caramel. Aside from the Black Sambo recipe, the Leche Flan recipe is another one that many people want to master. Below, you can check the ingredients as well as the steps in making this oven-baked dessert.
The first part of the Leche Flan recipe is the list of ingredients. Here are the ingredients that you need to prepare in cooking a flan that can serve up to eight (8) people:
- 1 cup sugar
- ¾ cup water
- 1 (13 ounce) can evaporated milk
- 1 (13 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 12 egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
The other part of the Leche Flan recipe is the cooking process which may take up to two (2) hours. Here are the steps in making this all-time favorite dessert of many people:
Step 1
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit or 165 degrees Celsius.
Step 2
Add sugar and water in a saucepan and heat it over medium-high heat. Bring it to boil but do not stir to avoid the mixture from crystallizing. Continue to boil while swirling the pan occassionally until the sugar syrup’s color turns brownish. It may take around seven (7) to ten (10) minutes.
Step 3
Reduce the heat to medium low. Once you see the color of the caramel turning deep brown, pour it into a flan mold. Carefully tilt the mold to ensure that the whole surface in the bottom is covered.
Step 4
In a large bowl, add the evaporated milk, egg yolks, condensed milk, and vanilla extract. Stir it lighly to avoid the formation of bubbles. Afterwards, strain it slowly into the caramel-lined flan mold. Cover with aluminum foil.
Step 5
Place a huge baking dish on the oven rack. Make sure it can hold all the flan molds. Set the flan molds on top of the baking dish and add hot water up to halfway the height of the mold.
Step 6
Bake it in preheated oven for around an hour until the leche flan is firm. Afterwards, take the flan molds from the oven and allow it to cool for around 30 minutes.
Step 7
Afterwards, run a pairing knife around the edges of the flan and cover the mold with a platter. Carefully flip it over to transfer the flan into the platter for serving.