Guava Cheese Flan

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 5 eggs
• 1/2 cup guava paste
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f
• 2 place sugar and water in 9-inch round cake pan.
• 3 stir until sugar is slightly dissolved.
• 4 place pan on stove on medium heat.
• 5 cook sugar about 10 minutes, without stirring, until sugar turns a golden to golden brown color.
• 6 use oven mitts to swirl pan, coating bottom and sides with caramel.
• 7 place pan on wire rack to cool and harden caramel slightly.
• 8 meanwhile, place remaining ingredients in blender container; cover.
• 9 blend until smooth.
• 10 pour mixture over cooled and hardened caramel in pan.
• 11 cover with foil.
• 12 place a large shallow baking pan in oven.
• 13 place cake pan in baking pan.
• 14 carefully pour hot water into baking pan so it comes halfway up side of cake pan.
• 15 bake 1 hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• 16 remove cake pan from water bath.
• 17 cool on wire rack.
• 18 carefully loosen sides of custard from pan with a knife.
• 19 cover and refrigerate 3 hours or until chilled.
• 20 may be chilled overnight.
• 21 to unmold, invert pan onto a large shallow plate or pie dish.
• 22 garnish with mango and kiwi slices, if desired.
• 23 *guava paste is available in the international aisle of grocery store, it is sold in bars.