Mexican Flan

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or 1 teaspoon rum extract

Recipe

• 1 caramelize sugar by pouring into a heavy saucepan and stirring continuously with a wooden spoon over a low flame until sugar melts and turns golden brown.
• 2 pour sugar immediately into a 1-quart casserole, coating the bottom and sides evenly (accomplished by holding casserole dish in your hands and carefully tilting to coat sides). **be careful with pouring of hot sugar as it can cause severe burns!
• 3 allow sugar to cool.
• 4 prepare custard by beating eggs, adding milk and vanilla; mix well.
• 5 pour into casserole and set casserole into larger pan containing 1-inch of hot water.
• 6 bake at 350°f for 1-1 1/2 hours or until knife inserted comes out clean. it should be golden brown on top.
• 7 to serve: loosen around sides with a spatula and turn onto a serving dish.
• 8 chill and serve with the sauce created from the casserole dish.