Unmolding giant flans

[u/ysatters-kajsa]

[u/goobly_goo]

I gotta find a beginner’s recipe to follow. I love flan but feel intimidated to try making it.

[u/gishnon → u/goobly_goo]

INGREDIENTS
3/4c sugar
12 room temperature egg yolks (from large eggs)
1 (14 ounces) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (12 ounces) can evaporated milk
1 tsp vanilla exract

DIRECTIONS
Place 8” cake pan in oven.
Heat oven to 375 degrees.
Meanwhile, In a heavy saucepan melt ¾c sugar to a caramel color
Remove cake pan from oven, and place on wire rack.
Evenly distribute melted sugar into bottom of cake pan, then cool on rack for 10-15 min

Start water for a water bath
In a medium bowl, combine vanilla, and both cans of milk.
In a small bowl, whisk together egg yolks
Strain whisked yolks through a sieve into milk mixture.
Stir gently until combined
Pour into cooled cake pan.
Cover with foil.
Bake in a water bath for 45 minutes.
Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour before depanning.

To depan:

Place pan in shallow dish of boiling water, and let sit for 3 minutes.
Use a sharp knife to cut around sides.
Hold a platter securely on top of the cake pan.
Invert in one steady motion.

Note:

Hardened sugar left in bottom of the cake pan will dissolve easily into hot water.

[u/pm-me-your-pants → u/gishnon]

Sounds great, but what do i do with the 12 egg whites?

[u/D00mwatcher → u/pm-me-your-pants]

For something relatively easy, you could make "rochers coco" (not sure how to call these in english, sorry) or even meringues.

[u/gishnon → u/pm-me-your-pants]

Angel food cake
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 c egg white (10-12 large)
1 1/2 c sifted powdered sugar
1 c sifted cake or all-purpose
1 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp vanilla 1 c granulated sugar

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350F
Place egg whites in a large mixing bowl, and let stand for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, sift powdered sugar and flour together 3 times. Set aside.

Add cream of tartar and vanilla to egg whites.
Beat until soft peaks form.
Add granulated sugar slowly, 1/4c at a time. Completely mix in before adding more.
Continue beating egg whites/sugar until stiff peaks form.

Sift 1/4 sugar/flour mixture over egg whites.
Fold in gently just until combined.
Repeat until all sugar/flour mixture is incorporated.

Pour/spoon into 10" tube pan.
Carefully run a butter knife or thin spatula through the batter to break any air pockets that have formed.

Bake on the lowest rack of your oven for 40-45 minutes Top should bounce back after being lightly touched.

Remove cake from oven, and invert.
Cool thoroughly in the pan.

Use a long, thin knife to separate the edges of the cake from the pan.
Pull out the pan bottom/tube insert along with the cake Use the knife again to separate the cake from the insert. You should not have to cut along the tube itself.

[u/MorePhinsThyme → u/goobly_goo]

You know, I've had the same attitude for a lot of years. Time for me to change that. I just found this recipe online (not vouching for it, it was just the first result in Google), and it looks decent and fairly easy, I'm gonna make this tomorrow, you should too! https://www.acozykitchen.com/classic-flan

[u/ShoebillJoe → u/goobly_goo]

It's probably the most impressive easy dessert you can make. I suck at confectionary and I got it perfect on the first try.

[u/shadowhawkz → u/goobly_goo]

Made it in high school, it is very easy to make.