RCI-DS.001.0017.001

Flan de Queso

Name: Flan de Queso
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: 1 8 oz package of cream cheese; 1 can of leche condensada (sweetened condensed milk - available in the Hispanic food section of any supermarket); 1 can of evaporated milk; 4 large eggs; 1 tsp of vanilla extract; 1 cup of sugar

Cuisine of Puerto Rico By Brenda Ortiz

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Total45 min

Servings4

Difficultyintermediate

Ingredients

package of cream cheese
1 8 oz
of leche condensada (sweetened condensed milk - available in the Hispanic food section of any supermarket)
1 can
of evaporated milk
1 can
eggs
4 large
of vanilla extract
1 tsp
of sugar
1 cup

Method

Preheat oven @ 350°F (175°C)

Add cream cheese, leche condensada, leche evaporada, eggs and vanilla extract into a mixing bowl. Mix ingredients thoroughly at medium speed.

Place cup of sugar to bottom of a small circular baking sheet and add flan mixture

Fill a large baking sheet with about 1.5 inch of water. This is called baño de Maria (bain-marie).

Place carefully, baking sheet with flan mixture over the baño de Maria.

Cook flan for 45-50 minutes. Flan is ready when you insert a tooth pick and comes out clean.

Put flan upside down into a serving plate and refrigerate for 5 hours.

Use fresh mint leaves for garnish

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