Easy caramel custard (caramel flan)
A very delicious and easy recipe of caramel custard/flan that comes together with just 4 ingredients
Equipment
- Oven
- Ramekins
Ingredients
- 1½ cups whole milk
- 1¾ cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla essence
Instructions
- In a pan, over medium low heat, melt 1 cup sugar with a tablespoon of water until it turns golden brown (caramelises)
- Quickly pour the caramel, in equal quantities, in your ramekins and allow this to cool, so that it hardens
- In the meanwhile, whisk together the eggs, vanilla essence and remaining sugar, until light and frothy. Then add the milk and again whisk it, until well combined
- Pour this, equally, in the ramekin bowls
- Cover each of them with aluminum foil and place them in a baking tray. Fill the tray with hot water half way up to the bowls and bake for 60-70 minutes, in a pre-heated oven at 180°C
- Once done remove from the oven and let the bowls come to room temperature. Refrigerate the custard for 3-4 hours before serving
- When serving, use a butter knife to loosen the edges and then invert the bowls on to individual serving dishes. Serve your delicious caramel custard (flan) as a dessert or accompanied with coffee
Notes
- If you'd like your custard sweeter, you can adjust the amount of sugar in step 3
- Instead of baking these in separate bowls, you can also bake your caramel custard in one big, oven proof bowl
- The water is added to the baking tray in step 5 so that the custard cooks evenly
- 1 cup = 250 millilitres
- tbsp - tablespoon
- tsp - teaspoon