Here is the recipe for the coffee flan we had today:
You’ll need one litre of milk, 6 eggs, 1 vanilla pod, 300gr of sugar and 2 table spoons of instant coffee.
1) Heat the oven, 170 degrees and start by making the caramel: put 150gr of the sugar in the flan dish with a tablespoon of water and turning constantly over the heat until the mixture darkens. Remove from the heat and leave to cool on the side.
2) In a pan bring the milk to boil with the 150gr of sugar remaining, coffee and vanilla pod opened. Stir until the sugar desolves.
3) In a separate bowl, beat 6 eggs.
4) When the milk is nearly boiling, pour gently over the eggs beating all the time, then pour this mixture over the caramel in the flan dish.
5) Place the flan dish itself in another larger dish with an inch of water at the bottom.
6) Put the flan in the oven for 35 minutes (or when a knife dipped into the flan comes out clean).
7) Remove from the oven and let it cool before putting in the fridge. You may want to warm up the flan dish a little bit before serving to melt the caramel at the bottom of the dish such that when you turn it up side down in a serving dish, the caramel then runs over the flan. Mmmmmmm…..it’s delicious! I was telling Val and Malcom that this was one of our favourite desert when we were kids. Mum loved it too because it was so easy to do!
Chat soon,
Martine
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