This Brazilian flan with condensed milk is one of the best desserts I have ever made. It has always been a hit with the guests. The highlight is, it’s so easy to make, and you get a delicious dessert as a result. A must try for dessert lovers!
Flan is a popular dessert in Brazil. I tasted it at my cousin's place first. This one is at the top of my dessert list now. You need just 5 ingredients and a blender to mix it. I will be definitely trying out more variations of this recipe:) Recipe adapted from Olivia's Cuisine
Easy Brazilian Flan with condensed milk
This Brazilian flan with condensed milk is one of the best desserts I have ever made. It has always been a hit with the guests. The highlight is, it’s so easy to make, and you get a delicious dessert as a result. A must try for dessert lovers!
Ingredients
Caramal
- 1 cup sugar
- ⅓ cup water
Flan Mixture
- 28 ounce sweet condensed milk
- 28 ounce whole milk
- 4 number egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350F or 180C. The flan is baked in the water bath. We need two baking pans. One pan is to hold the flan mixture, and another one should be big enough to hold the flan baking pan. Have both the pans ready. For the flan baking pan, you will need a 9 * 2 inch round pan or 8 * 8 * 2-inch square pan or 10 inch Angle Food Pan to make the flan for the mentioned quantity. For the large pan, I chose a roasting pan.
- Prepare caramel - Heat sugar in a dry thick bottomed pan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Swirl the pan often to avoid sugar clumps and get the sugar caramelized equally on all portions.
- Once it turns golden brown, add the hot water and let it cook. It will bubble up and be very careful. Stir until it thickens a bit and it's completely dissolved. Switch it off then. Pour the caramel into the baking pan. Leave it for some time so that the caramel is crystallized.
- Add the condensed milk, milk, eggs and vanilla extract to a large blender jar. Blend for a few minutes until smooth. If you can't fit all the ingredients in the blender, divide them equally into two batches. Pour the flan mixture into the baking pan and cover with foil.
- Fill the large baking pan halfway through with water and place the pan with flan mixture inside it. Bring it to the oven and bake it in bain marie for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown. Wiggle the pan a bit to see if it's still liquidy. If it's liquidy, leave it for an extra 15 minutes. You can also insert a cake tester to check. It should come out clean or almost clean.
- Let the flan cool and transfer it to the fridge to cool overnight. To remove the flan from the mold, just run a straight spatula or knife along the sides and then carefully flip it on a plate. Enjoy 🙂
Nutrition
Serving: 208gCalories: 384kcalCarbohydrates: 67gProtein: 9gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 38mgSodium: 132mgPotassium: 416mgSugar: 67gVitamin A: 343IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 324mgIron: 0.2mg
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Ah!!! My favourite one!!!
I made it around three times for different occasions! It got over in a jiffy!
Tried this last day! Thank you for posting this
Thanks a lot for trying it out and uploading the pic:) Happy to hear that you enjoyed it
I was skeptical about this recipe at first. One reviewer had unappetizing photos with what looked like burnt sugar, while the other two seemed suspiciously perfect, almost like they were trying to compensate for the negative review. Combined with the low rating, I worried I’d be wasting ingredients on a recipe that just didn’t work.
But after going through the trouble of making an account just to leave a review, I can confidently say: this flan is delicious and absolutely worth making!
That said, I did struggle with the caramel step. As a first timer melting sugar, I kept the heat on medium low, waited for it to brown, and added water, only for it to crystallize immediately. Turns out my “medium low” might still be too high! My second attempt went better, but I’ll need more practice to perfect this crucial part of flan making. I also halved the recipe, though I intentionally made sure to have extra caramel topping!
Caramel Recipe :
Flan Mixture :
This halved recipe makes about 4-6 (ramekins sized flans). I made this in 4-inch Pyrex dishes. I have an air fryer - I used the bake setting at 325° for an hour and followed all the steps otherwise including the water bath and covering with foil.
Thank you so much for posting this recipe! I was specifically looking for a flan recipe that did NOT have evaporated milk (since I didn’t have any). This will definitely be a future go-to recipe as it’s finally now spring/summer!
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