Fabulous Flan

The recipe is really easy. Just follow these steps.

• Begin by making the caramel:

In a small frying pan or sauce pan using medium heat, add 1/2 cup of sugar and 1/4 cup of water without stirring until the mixture begins to form a dark golden color. Once this mixture becomes golden, immediately remove from the heat and pour into a pyrex. The smaller the pyrex, the taller the flan. The bigger the pyrex, the flatter the flan. Use your judgment. I don't know the exact size of the pyrex I currently use (sorry). Refrigerate this mixture, allowing it to cool.

Prepare the flan

• Pre - heat oven to 350 degrees
• Fill a squared pan with about 2 inches of water. This pan should be large enough to accomodate your pyrex, and place into the oven. In a blender combine the following ingredients:
• 1 twelve ounce can of evaporated milk
• 1 can of condensed milk
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

For a cheese flan just add an eight ounce package of cream cheese (I highly recommend this)

• Remove the pyrex from the refrigerator and pour the flan mixture into the pyrex
• Open the oven and place the pyrex into the squared pan. There should at least be a 2 inch distance between your pyrex and this pan

Cooking time: approximately 1 hour (about 1 hour and 45 minutes for the cheese version).