Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, leche flan (filipino style). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Leche Flan (Filipino style) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Leche Flan (Filipino style) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Check Out our Selection & Order Now. Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders! The world calls this dessert Spanish flan but, in the Philippines, it is leche flan. Leche, Spanish for milk, is one of the dessert's two main ingredients.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook leche flan (filipino style) using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Leche Flan (Filipino style):

1. Make ready 3 tbs water
2. Get 1/2 cup sugar
3. Take 1 can sweetened condensed milk
4. Make ready 12 egg yolks
5. Make ready 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
6. Make ready 2 cans evaporated milk

It has been a regular item in the menu of most restaurants because of its taste, ease in preparation and long shelf life. It can also be added as a component to build other great tasting dessert creations. Leche flan is traditionally steamed in the Philippines (where ovens were uncommon for many years), but baking it in a water bath is a great alternative if you don't have a steamer. For more stories, memories, and extended histories behind your most-loved, treasured family recipes from the column, check out our new podcast My Family Recipe.

Instructions to make Leche Flan (Filipino style):

1. Add sugar and water to a small sauce pan. Turn heat to high whisking constantly. Boil until it starts to thicken, turning into a caramel consistency.
   1. When it turns golden brown QUICKLY pour sugar into 8 by 8 pan loaf pan. Coat bottom of pan evenly to make a crust at bottom of pan (it cools very quickly). Set aside.
2. Combine egg yolks, evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk into a large mixing bowl. Whisk thoroughly.
3. Most Important step…Hold a fine strainer over your pre-made caramel sugar coated pan. Pour mixture into strainer to catch excess goo from eggs. The mixture will go into strainer and then directly into the pan. This make the custard much smoother.
4. Preheat oven to 350. Cover pan with aluminum foil. Place into a larger pan. Make a steam bath environment in the oven by pouring 2 inches of water in the larger pan. Bake 1 hr twenty minutes to 1 hr 30 mins. Or until center is clean when pricked with knife or toothpick.
5. Cool for 30 minutes and then place in the refrigerator for a minimum of 6 hours. Invert onto a platter and it should come out very easily. You can play around with different molds too. I like Bundt shape.

Leche flan is traditionally steamed in the Philippines (where ovens were uncommon for many years), but baking it in a water bath is a great alternative if you don't have a steamer. For more stories, memories, and extended histories behind your most-loved, treasured family recipes from the column, check out our new podcast My Family Recipe. Gently mix, not beat, until yolks are all broken and blended. Strain the custard through a sieve to remove the zest. Pour mixture into the flan mold.

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