Vanilla and Lime Flan By Esperanza Platas Alvarez (Planet Food Mexico)

Vanilla and Lime Flan By Esperanza Platas Alvarez (Planet Food Mexico)

The recipe Vanillan and Lime Flan By Esperanza Platas Alvarez (Planet Food Mexico) is ready in about 45 minutes and is definitely a tremendous gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian option for lovers of European food. This recipe serves 8 and costs $1.43 per serving. This dessert has 411 calories, 12g of protein, and 12g of fat per serving. 2 people have tried and liked this recipe. If you have condensed milk, eggs, milk, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by Foodista. Overall, this recipe earns a rather bad spoonacular score of 31%. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Flan de Limón (Lime Flan), Tomatillo Salsan and Food & Wine Festival Ixtapa/Zihua, Mexico, and Mellow Mushroom Esperanza Dressing.

Ingredients

You need the ingredients below to cook it

  • condensed milk

    condensed milk

    condensed milk

    612 milliliters

  • eggs

    eggs

    eggs

    6 Items

  • limes

    limes

    limes

    3 Items

  • sugar

    sugar

    sugar

    150 grams

  • vanilla pod

    vanilla pod

    vanilla pod, sliced in half lengthwise

    1 item

  • water

    water

    water

    3 Tbsps

  • milk

    milk

    whole milk

    488 milliliters

Instructions

Let's follow the instructions for cooking it

  1. Preheat the oven to 360 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. To make the caramel, heat together the water and sugar gently over a medium flame for about 10 minutes, ensuring the mixture does not burn.
  3. Meanwhile, pour the condensed milk and whole milk into a pan. Add the zest of the limes. Slice the vanilla pod in half and carefully scrape out the vanilla seeds and add these to your milk mixture.
  4. Simmer the milk slowly for fifteen minutes to let the flavours infuse.
  5. Once the caramel is ready, pour into a cake pan and swirl it around to evenly coat the bottom of the pan. Set aside.
  6. In a bowl, crack the eggs and beat together. Slowly pour a little of the warm milk , vanilla and lime mixture into the eggs. This will temper the eggs and prevent them from scrambling from the heat. Once the temperature of the eggs has been raised by the warm milk, pour in the rest of the milk. Pour all of the mixture into the cake pan over the caramel.
  7. Cook the cake pan in a water bath by placing the pan inside a larger pan which is filled half way with water. Place in the oven and cook for 45 minutes to an hour.
  8. Once ready, allow to cool and place inside a fridge overnight. The flan is then ready to be flipped over gently and served.