Caramel Custard Flan Recipe

Ingredients you will need:1 Can Evaporated Milk (Carnation can), 1 Can Condensed Milk, 3 Eggs, 2 Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract, 1 teaspoon of Lime zest, a pinch of salt.

Ingredients for caramel: 1/2 Cup Sugar, 1 ½ cup of water

Directions: Firstly melt the sugar in a saucepan over medium low heat. Then transfer the melted sugar to a glass baking dish. 

Allow the caramel to cool down. It will solidify. Meanwhile, whisk the 3 eggs. Then whisk in the vanilla extract, pinch of salt, lime zest, condensed milk and evaporated milk. Before pouring the mixture over the caramelized sugar, I will advise you to strain the flan mixture first. It makes the flan more smooth. Then pour the flan mixture over the caramelized sugar in the baking dish.  

Moreover place the baking dish in a larger glass baking tray.  Fill up the larger baking tray half way with boiling water. Preheat oven to 350º F or 180º C. Then bake the flan for 30 to 40 minutes. 

When it’s done, let it cool down before removing the baking tray and baking dish from the oven. This will prevent you from burning your hand. Don’t forget to use a kitchen towel and oven gloves while removing the tray of water and the flan baking dish. When the oven is no more hot, remove the flan and allow it to cool down aside. Ultimately keep the flan in refrigerator for at least 2 hours. This will help it to set.

Eventually using a sharp knife, separate the flan from the baking dish. Flip the flan on a plate and serve cold. Voilà J  Decorate with strawberries, berries,whipped cream,etc.

P.S : I made the heart-shape flan slice with heart-shape cookie cutter J You should let your flan cool down first before doing it.