reliable flan recipe

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Lola68
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Anyone have a good flan recipe? Best flan I ever had was at Hugo's in Houston but the recipe I found online wasn't close. Appreciate your help.
Max Power
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AG
Not flan specifically the closest I can think of to that is creme caramel. If you prefer the caramel to be darker and thicker then cook it longer.
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/creme-caramel-recipe
Texker
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Flan is my favorite dessert. Wife has a great recipe that I think is from Ninfa's. I'll check and post back.
Lola68
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I appreciate it.
Texker
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Ninfa's recipe as originally published in 1987 in the cookbook "Southwest Tastes" from the TV series Great Chefs of the West. Awesome cookbook and available as an ebook on https://greatchefs.com/product/great-chefs-southwest-tastes/ for $6.

Anyway, link below. The only change the wife made was increasing sugar to 1 cup because I wanted more caramelized sugar. I can eat an entire flan in less than a day. It's that good.

Ninfa's Flan Recipe
combat wombat™
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This is my abuelo's recipe. It is "authentic".

5 cans carnation evaporated milk
9 large eggs
4 cups sugar- 1 cup for caramel bottom
Vanilla
You can add a couple of drops of yellow food coloring if you like but at is optional.

1) Mix 5 cans of milk, eggs, and 3 cups of sugar in large bowl. Add vanilla (a tad) for flavoring. A teaspoon?
2) Caramelize 1 cup of sugar in pan. Just put the sugar in a pan over medium heat until it melts and turns caramel brown in color. VERY CAREFULLY pour the caramelcese sugar pour into baking pans, then pour flan mix into pans. Place pans in larger pan with water, (Bain Marie).
3) Cook in oven at 300*F for 1 hour, may take longer cook till knife comes out clean.

Don't over beat the eggs mixture. Mix just to blend.
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