This recipe, inherited from the Spaniards and common in all Latin America also deserved to be in our collection. La Profesora, one of our regulars submitted the recipe, Aunt Clara "tested" it (see picture).

Time: 90 Mins
Difficulty: Medium
Serve: 4 people

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:

1. 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.
   
2. 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 in oven for one hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
   
3. Loosen edges of flan, place a serving plate on top of mold (one which will retain the syrup) and invert. Chill thoroughly before serving.

Help requests about this recipe were moved here. Any other questions please do it in that thread. Please also check that thread if you have questions yourself, they might have been answered before. Non-help-requests comments go here.

Thanks.

Ah, the dreaded bubbles. What works for me: a)Don't stir too much so as not to get air bubbles in the mix as you said. b) Let it rest a bit a minute then use a spoon to take out the bubbles before pouring into the mould.

I made flan for the first time yesterday for Christmas and I actually had to improvise because I didn't have enough of condensed milk and it worked out very nicely. I called my mom and her response was "porfin Dios mio!".

I guess you can also "colar" the mixture after mixing to eliminate bubbles.

Can I subsitute the evaporated milk and the condensed milk? If so with what?