How do you make the perfect Brasilian Flan?!
How do you make the perfect Brasilian Flan?
I would like the Flan to be high and light as a feather.
The only sounds to be heard while eating such a Flan would be mmmmmmmmm or, spoken very softly, Oh...My.... God!!! Then I will know I have made the perfect Brasilian Flan
Answers:
BRAZILIAN FLAN (Pudim de Leite)
Ingredients:
1 can Eagle Brand Condensed Milk
2 can whole milk
2 can sugar
6 whole eggs
2 tbsp cornstarch dissolved with a little milk
METHOD:
Carmelize a 2 quart glass baking dish with 8 tbsp. of sugar. Let it dry. Mix all ingredients together well. Pour mixture through a sieve into the carmeled baking dish. Place baking dish in a larger pan containing hot water up to about 1" from the top of the baking dish. Bake at 350 for 1 hour. Cool custard, then refrigerate.
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PUDIM de LEITE con Naranja (Brazilian Orange Flan)
Ingredients:
1 can sweetened condensed milk
equal ammount of freshly squeezed orange juice
3 eggs
1 tsp orange zest (fresh)
1 cup sugar for caramel sauce
1 8 inch ring mold
Directions:
For caramel sauce: put 1 cup sugar in the ring mold. Place the mold directly over medium heat. With a wooden spoon, keep stirring the sugar as it melts. Be extra careful as this gets VERY HOT. After the sugar melts into a golden caramel, spoon it up the sides of the mold.
Let it cool while preparing the flan.
Combine the condensed milk, orange juice, orange zest and eggs in a blender. Mix until smooth. Pour this mixture into the prepared mold and place it in the center of a cookie sheet. Add about an inch of water to the cookie sheet. Bake the pudding for about one hour at 325 to 350 degree oven. It will depend on your oven. The pudding will turn golden brown on top and start separating from the sides of the mold.
Let it cool to room temp. and place in refrigerator, preferably overnight or for at least 6 hrs.
Just before serving, run the tip of a knife around the inside of the mold. Place a deep platter over the mold and invert. The pudding will slide out easily. If not, give the mold a firm but careful shake. Spoon the caramel sauce on top and serve.
Serves about 10.
It can be easily doubled if you want a bigger pudding.
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BRAZILIAN CHOCOLATE FLAN (Pudim de Leite con Chocolate)
Ingredients:
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 1/4 cups milk
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
6 tablespoons powdered chocolate milk mix
6 large egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
METHOD:
Butter a bundt pan and then dust it with granulated sugar. Pour all ingredients in the blender and beat them for 3 minutes. Pour the flan in the prepared pan and bake it in a medium-low oven in bain marie for 1 1/2 hours or until a tooth pick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Let it cool completely, cover it with plastic foil and refrigerate it for 2 hours. After that, carefully unmold it and serve the flan with whipped cream.