This past Wednesday, my family went back to Panama after spending three weeks(!!!) staying in my house. A great perk of having my mom and my grandma in town is all the delicious food they make every single day. Last year my grandma tried to make a flan (one of my favorite desserts) using my double boiler to make the flan on the stovetop. It was a disaster, and my poor Tita stayed up until 1 a.m. waiting for the flan to set. This year we tried my mom’s friend’s flan recipe, and things turned out much better (and faster).
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 cups water
- 5 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Preparation
Preheat oven to 325º F. In a medium saucepan, melt the sugar over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar melts and turns golden brown. Very carefully pour this caramel into a 9 inch round baking pan, swirling it to make sure the bottom and about a finger or two of the sides of the pan are coated evenly. Whisk the condensed milk, water, eggs, and vanilla extract. Pour mixture into the pan. Place the baking pan into a large roasting pan and pour hot water into the pan, enough so that it comes halfway up the sides of the baking pan to make a water bath. Bake for 45 minutes. If you are not sure if the flan is set, you can poke it with a knife in the center of the flan. It will be ready when the knife comes out clean. Let flan cool completely, then carefully invert it onto a plate with raised edges.
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