This recipe, inherited from the Spaniards and common in all Latin America also deserved to be in our collection. La Profesora, one of our forum regulars submitted the recipe.
Time: 1 hr. Serves: 4
Before starting to cook: Heat oven to 400 F (200 C)
Ingredients:
- 8 egg yolks
- 2.5 cups evaporated milk
- 2.5 cups sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla
~ For caramel - 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup water
Preparation:
- Melt sugar in heavy saucepan over low heat. Add water and stir constantly until a thick, dark caramel syrup forms. Pour carefully into prepared baking pan and spread all over.
- Mix together egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk. Stir in vanilla or other flavoring (almond works well also). Pour carefully into baking pan, trying not to disturb the caramel layer. Bake in hot water bath (bain marie) in oven for one hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
- Loosen edges of flan, place a serving plate on top of mold (one which will retain the syrup) and invert. Chill thoroughly before serving.
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What do you mean by bake in a hot water bath? Toy un poco confundida con eso.
The correct term would be “bain marie”, o “baño maria” in Spanish.
It means to place the pan where u baking the flan in another pan with water, making sure water won’t go in the flan pan..
Does it matter what material the flan is baked and/or bain in? Is Glass perferred?
Hi, Aunt clara, can It be use brown sugar instead of white sugar?
Hi Aunt Clara,
What size baking pan should I use? Also, I’m only making half the recipe. I have 4 egg yolks left over from a tres leches I made yesterday. Also, can it be a glass or ceramic baking pan?
Thanks
I use a 8″ round one for this amount, it ends up a bit flat though, if you want it higher try a 6″. Yes, it can be ceramic, I have never tried glass but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.
So we are baking at 400?
How many servings in this?
Nevermind.
Omg just made this and followed each step. My first flan ever came out PERFECT!!! Wish i can upload a picture. Its delicious!!!!
Send me one at aunt.clara at dominicancooking dot com and I will put it in our Facebook page.
I think that individual ceramic baking dishes work best!
Was just wondering if I wanted to make a larger amount would I just double each ingredient?
This recipe saved my baker integrity. I was assign to make a flan for the thanksgiving dinner. I couldn’t say no. But since I haven’t bake deserts in long time, I was not sure were to start. Then I googled flan, and when I saw dominican flan my face brightten.
Thank you soooooo much!
Glad to hear that!
im a bad cook but this this came out perrrfecto thank you sooooooooooooooo muchnow i can make this specail flan for my son eric anytime
I guess you are not so a bad cook after all.
I’ve seen many different toppings so whats a classic dominican topping for the flan?
Try adding some cherrys, it can be out of a jar or fresh… i think the jar ones taste better on the flan. you can also add pineapple, or both!!
Hi Aunt Clara. I’m a bit confused about “prepared baking pan”. What do you suggest we do to the pan? Thank you!
See step 1.
Hi…I have been using this receipe for the past 2 years and it is my familys favorite!!! thank you. I was curious because i was just made aware of a FLAN CAKE??? I was wondering if you have tried this and if you were going to post a reciepe? Keep the postings coming they are very delicious and helpful. Happy New Year
I was wondering, which vanilla works best…clear or brown?
I prefer clear for the flan, but use what you have.
O man I think I butchered it. I used milk n condensed.vwill it b the syoame? Instead of can milk?
Omg! I love flan! I’m trying to make it now, but when I started melting the sugar, it wouldn’t melt! Then I added the water to the pot and it just became crystalyzed again! I don’t think I’m doing it right…I just poured the liquidy stuff into the baking pan and poured the egg/milk mixture on top of it….it kind of just blended all together! Let’s see how it comes out in an hour!
te pido un favor me puedes decir la receta para hacer el chesillo
Ramona, tenemos muchísimas recetas, incluyendo esa. Te aconsejo siempre buscarlas primero (hay un buscador al tope de la columna derecha, o viendo el enlace de recetas de postres en el menú principal).