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Creme Caramel

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A Sugary Sweet Treat
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Yummy...but I would suggest having another pair of hands to help you...this CAN get messy. But the mess pays off!

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    Preheat oven to 325°F/160°C. Bring a full kettle of water to a boil, and then turn off (its for the water bath after.)

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    Dissolve the sugar for the topping in a saucepan with 1/4 cup/60 ml.

  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    Boil until it turns to a dark, liquid, fragrant, caramel.

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    Pour into the cake tin and swirl to coat the bottom evenly. Set aside.

  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    Pour the milk into the same saucepan, so that it soaks up the caramel on the bottom and sides.

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    Split the vanilla bean and scrape the seeds into the milk, and add the pod OR pour in the vanilla extract. Heat to boiling point, turn off the heat, cover, and set aside to infuse 10 minutes (you do not need to infuse if you are using the extract).

  7. Step 7

    Step 7

    Meanwhile, beat the eggs.

  8. Step 8

    Step 8

    Add the (1/2 cup) sugar.

  9. Step 9

    Step 9

    Once the milk has infused, whisk it into the egg mixture.

  10. Step 10

    Step 10

    Strain the egg/milk/custard mix over the hardened caramel and set the pan in a large dish (We used a stain-less steel pie plate and a glass flan)

  11. Step 11

    Step 11

    Pour the boiled water into another *bottom* pan to come half-way up the sides of the flan/pie plate.

  12. Step 12

    Step 12

    Transfer to the oven and bake until it is set, 45 minutes to an hour.

  13. Step 13

    Step 13

    Remove the flan/pie plate from the oven and from the water bath.

  14. Step 14

    Step 14

    Run a knife around the outside edge to loosen the custard.

  15. Step 15

    Step 15

    Cool completely – even chill, if you like.

  16. Step 16

    Step 16

    To serve, flip the flan/pie plate onto a plate, and pour over any caramel remaining in the flan/pie plate.

  17. Step 17

    Step 17

    Enjoy your beautiful and tasty dessert! I did!


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Cat Morley

Cat Morley

Feb 10, 2008 3:36am

Yummy, I love creme caramel. I was wondering, do you have a recipe for creme brulee?

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uı˙ƃuıƃuıs˙ɐɹ

Feb 10, 2008 3:40am

Well, you can try the one off of The Food Network. I find their recipes are always precise. Heres the link... http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_32756,00.html

Darling Niki

Darling Niki

Feb 10, 2008 4:15am

looks sooo yummy!

opposites-girl

opposites-girl

Feb 10, 2008 6:05pm

that looks so delicious :-D

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uı˙ƃuıƃuıs˙ɐɹ

Feb 10, 2008 6:18pm

It is! And I made a discovery this morning while eatting breakfast, it tastes even better frozen! You just have to hack at it with a fork :]

alev s.

alev s.

Feb 13, 2008 11:05pm

omg this s awesome i love crem caramel too but i sometimes cook so much that it lose its softness and also cleaning caramel is horrible -_- but it s very delicious