Leche Flan

Leche Flan

Ingredients
milk: 2 29
water: 1/4 29
sugar: 1 29
egg, chicken, yolk: 8
vanilla: 1 31
sugar, brown: 2 27

Dish Type: Dessert

Country: Philippines
Difficulty: Easy
Cooking Time (minutes): quick (30 minutes or less)
Steps
1. Scald milk in a double boiler for 15 mn. Add eggs yolks, sugar and vanilla and mix till sugar is dissolved.
2. Using a strainer, pour into a mold lined with caramelized sugar. Place this in a bigger pan half-filled with water. Bake until firm.
3. Cool before removing from mold. Refrigerate before serving.
4. To caramilize sugar, dissolve brown sugar in water and cook over moderate heat until the sugar browns or caramelizes. Line a suitable mold with 3/4 of the caramelized syrup. Use remaining syrup when serving flan.


Source
International Rice Institute (IRRI) & International Women's Organization (SUHAY), VIRMANI, Inderjeet (ED)(1991), Home Chefs of the World - Rice and Rice-based Recipes, ISBN 971-22-0023-X, Manila, Philippines