Baked Caramel Custard Also Known as Flan

This is a very dainty dessert.

Ingredients:

3 cups milk

5 large eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

½ cup sugar plus another ½ cup for the caramel

Put ½ cup sugar into a small saucepan and stir it over medium low heat until it is melted and golden brown. Add 2 tablespoons of hot water to the caramel, stir thoroughly, and pour it into a cake mold. Let the caramel run all round the sides of the mold.

Mix the eggs, milk, vanilla and 1/2 cup sugar in the blender or with a whisk.

Pour the custard into the mold and bake it in a moderate oven standing in a larger tin with about 1 inch of boiling water, until the custard is set.

Let it cool for at least 3 hours.

Loosen the edge with a spatula, slip the spatula down the sides to let air in. Turn the flan out on a plate, and serve.

Enjoy!

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