(Spanish Flan – Caramel Egg Custard ) & Sagrada Familia

Posted On June 9, 2010

Flan is one of the popular Spanish Desserts. It is spread over entire Europe, the United States, and other countries. I have googled to know the ingredients and used my own way and measurement to prepare this. It came out well and the taste was also excellent.

Ingredients :

1. Egg – 4
2. Milk – 200ml, warm
3. Condensed milk – 100 ml
4. Sugar – 1 cup
5. Sugar – 3 Tbs
6. Vanilla Essence  a little
7. Cherries for decorating.

 

Method:

1. Add the sugar in a bowl and slightly wet it with few sprinkles of water. Now allow it to caramelize in medium heat. It takes approx 10 – 15 Â min.

2. Once the sugar is medium brown in color carefully pour it to the Oven safe bowl and do a quick swirl to make a coat of caramel in the bowl.

3. Beat the eggs slowly without making too much of air into it. Add the warm milk and condensed milk and vanilla essence and give a quick mix.  Add the 3 Tbs sugar crystals which give a small air hole in the final product.  Looks like Emmentaler cheese.

4. cover this bowl with a silver foil and let in a sit-in another dish filled with hot water.

5. Preheat the oven and cook for 30 min at 180 C.  Heating time and temp depends upon the thickness of the custard. I used a flat bowl, so it took less time and temperature. Insert a knife to check whether the custard is cooked properly so the knife comes out clean.

6. When it is done allow it to cool for a couple of hours and rest in the fridge for 2 more hours and it is ready to serve. ( I didn’t refrigerate it after it was done the custard got separated automatically and so I flipped the custard in a serving plate along with the caramel.)

Over to Spain Attractions…

Sagrada Familia is a famous church in Barcelona, one of Gaudi’s most popular works. Gaudi is an architect from Spain whose works are just amazing and have a vast difference compared to other architectures. He has done other  projects as well which are popular too. The construction of this church started in 1882 and it is expected to finish by 2026, according to Wikipedia. One of the longest construction work ever done before. This massive structure is one of the top tourist attractions. So never miss it when you are in Barcelona.

Now they are focusing on roofing and construction of 6 towers.

Some of the pictures …

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