Flan is a rich custard dessert with a layer of soft caramel on top, this dish has spread across Europe and the world, both créme caramel and flan are french names, but have come to have different meanings in different regions..Flan can also been called as either as créme caramel or caramel custard...Its such a quite easy dessert which goes for simple ingredients like eggs, milk and sugar...While browsing through
Wandering Chopsticks, i got this tempting vietnamese version of coconut flan, immediately i got stick to this dessert and i really want to give a trial...We loved this flan much and its tastes really marvellous and delicious...I have added few tablespoons of dessicated coconut to this flan else i have prepared everything as the original recipe went for...
1no Coconut milk can(store bought)
2cups Milk
8nos Eggs
1/2cup Sugar (for flan)
1/2cup Sugar (caramel)
2tbsp Dessicated Coconut flakes
The hardest and very quick part of this flan is caramelizing sugar..add the sugar for caramel with half cup of water, heat this sugar over a medium low until the sugar gets dissolved, then turn the heat to medium high, keep stirring, once the sugar start boiling and thickening..keep an eye over the mixture..Once it becomes a frothy & dark brown mixture, take the pan of the stove and pour it to the ramekins..keep aside..arrange the ramekins into a pan,pour water into the pan and fill half, ths water will serve to steam the flan while baking in oven..
In an another heavy bottomed vessel, take together dessicated coconut flakes, sugar, milk and coconut milk and heat in mixture in low heat..beat the eggs into the milk and sugar mixture, stir continously and put off the stove, take care not to cook for a long..Strain this mixture to remove any cooked egg chunks, pour this egg-milk mixture to the ramekins..Preheat the oven to 325F, arrange the water filled pan with ramekins in middle rack and cook for half an hour until the top of the flan turns slightly brown or when a knife inserted into the center comes out clean..
Serve chilled!!! To serve, slide a knife around the outside of the flan, put a plate over the top and flip...Enjoy!!
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