Latin Flan

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon lime juice
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 4 egg whites, beaten until frothy

Recipe

• 1 in a small heavy bottomed saucepan, stir sugar and lime juice together until well mixed.
• 2 if the sugar is well coated this will stop the caramel from crystallising while you are making it.
• 3 with a wooden spoon, stir over medium heat until the sugar melts and turns a dark caramel colour.
• 4 pour the hot caramel into an 8 inch fround flat baking dish and telt the dish backwards and forwards quickly so that the caramel coats the bottom evenly.
• 5 combine egg yolks, vanilla, milk and condensed milk in a bowl.
• 6 stir in the egg and mix until well blended.
• 7 pour into caramel-coated dish.
• 8 place dish in a larger baking pan and pour in enough boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the dish.
• 9 bake in a preheated oven[350 deg f] for 45 minutes to an hour, until a knife inserted in the middle of the custard comes out clean.
• 10 chill several hours or overnight.
• 11 to serve, run a knife around the rim of the custard and invert it on a serving plate.
• 12 cut in wedges.