2024-03-22 09:12:14
Although its origin is Spanish, egg flan is one of the most popular desserts in Argentina and Latin America. Considered a finishing touch, this dish made with eggs, milk and sugar is the perfect recipe to delight guests at any lunch or dinner.
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Next, we show you how to prepare an egg flan at home, in a short time and without deploying many procedures. In addition, from their country of origin, experts provide some tricks to make it perfect and lump-free.
Ingredients to prepare homemade flan
As we saw, this dessert is characterized by the simplicity of its ingredients, which are also very economical. To prepare it, you will only need:
– Five eggs
– 500 milliliters of milk
– 200 grams of sugar
Step by step, how to make homemade egg flan
The first thing you have to do to prepare this flan is beat the eggs with half the sugar (100 grams) until the mixture breaks. Next, you have to add the milk and stir. It is not necessary to beat, the consistency you are looking for is not foamy but rather liquid. Once this is done, reserve.
An ideal dessert to accompany lunches and dinners. (Photo: cooking.elmundo.es)
For the caramel, you have to heat a Teflon frying pan over medium heat. Here we will use the remaining 100 grams of sugar. To make a perfect caramel, it is advisable to stir slowly, but without rest, with a wooden spoon. The key is that it is not dark, so you have to be aware at all times of the process. Finally, when the sugar is completely melted, add a tablespoon of boiling water and stir.
To cook the flan, you are going to use two containers, one larger and one smaller. The first thing is to place the candy inside the smallest mold until it covers the entire surface of the mold. Then, add flan mixture on top.
Next step, put boiling water in the largest mold and place the mold with the flan on top. Following this, place aluminum foil on top and bake for 40 minutes at 160ยบ or minimum heat.
To know if the flan is ready, the trick is to insert a knife that should come out dry. Finally, let the flan cool completely and unmold.