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Delicious Homemade Flan

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Ingredients

For the pudding

  • 395g sweetened condense milk
  • 395g water
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp vannilla essence
  • pich of salt

For the Caramel syrup

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup water

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 320 degrees. Spray a oven safe dish with cooking oil and set it aside.
  2. Beat up 3 eggs and set it aside.
  3. In a small saucepan add in the sugar and water and cook over medium heat. Bring it to boil but DO NOT stir as it can crystallized the sugar.
  4. Syrup mixture will change it’s colour from white, golden to amber colour. Remove it immediately from the heat when it becomes in between golden and amber colour. Pour the syrup to prepared oven dish.
  5. In another saucepan add in the condensed milk and water. Heat it over medium heat until it’s just under boiling point. Remove it from the heat.
    Add in salt and vanilla essence.
  6. Now its time to warm up the eggs before adding it in to the condense milk mixture. take a big spoonful of heated condense milk mixture and add it to the eggs slowly while continue to mix. Then you can slowly add the eggs in to the heated condense milk mixture. Remember to keep mixing while adding the eggs.
  7. By now the caramel syrup should be hard in texture. Pour the prepared mixture in to the oven safe dish on top of the caramel syrup.
  8. Place the dish in another oven safe dish (bigger in size) and fill it with boiling water until halfway.
  9. Bake it in the oven to 35 to 40 minutes or until the centre is lightly set.
  10. Chill it in the fridge at least 3 to 4 hours before serving.

TIP FOR SERVING:

Cut it in to desired slices, flip the slice upside down so the top part will be dark gold in colour. Pour some syrup over the slice.

Delicious Homemade Flan or Cream Caramel Pudding Recipe

Custard Pudding / Crème Caramel Recipe

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Ingredients:

Caramel

  • 40g (1.4oz.) granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp. water

Custard

  • 3 eggs
  • 300ml milk
  • 60g (2.1oz.) granulated sugar

Instructions

Caramel

  1. Mix granulated sugar and water in a saucepan by tilting the pan. Then simmer until the sauce is browned. (Do not mix it with a spoon but tilt the pan to mix it. The sugar will recrystallize if you mix it with a spoon.) Pour the sauce into heat-resistant cups before it gets hard.

Custard

  1. Microwave the milk for 2 minutes just until warm. Add 2 tsp. of water in the saucepan to dilute the caramel, then mix in the milk. In a bowl, lightly beat the eggs until combined but not foamy. Dissolve granulated sugar, then gradually add the milk mixture. Strain through a strainer to make it smooth. Pour the egg mixture over the sauce in the cups. Cover with plastic wrap or aluminum foil.

Steam in the Pan

  1. Place some paper towels or a dish towel in a frying pan (so that you can gently steam the Puddings), then place the cups. Slowly add hot water in the pan (just about a half-inch across the bottom of the cups), cover, then cook on low for 20-25 minutes. Stop the heat and let them steam for 5 minutes with the remaining heat. Serve warm or put in the fridge to serve cold.

 

 

 

Japanese Pudding ”Purin” Recipe

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Ingredients:

Caramel Sauce

  • ⅔ cup (140 g) granulated sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. (30 ml) water
  • 2 Tbsp. (30 ml) boiling water

Custard

  • 10 g (.35 oz) gelatin powder* or gelatin sheet (= 1 Tbsp. gelatin powder or 4 gelatin sheets)
  • ¼ cup (60 ml) water
  • 4 large egg yolks (Here are some egg white recipes)
  • ⅓ cup + 1 Tbsp. (80 g) granulated sugar
  • 1 ¾ cups (400 ml) milk
  • ½ cup (120 ml) heavy whipping cream
  • 2 tsp. vanilla

Instructions

  1. Gather all the ingredients. You will also need 8 4-oz ramekins (4 oz = 1/2 cup = 120 ml).

    Japanese Pudding Ingredients

Caramel Sauce

  1. Prepare boiling water (you will only need 2 Tbsp) and a cold damp towel (for Step 4).

  2. Combine sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat. Gently shake the saucepan to evenly distribute sugar and do not touch until the mixture starts to turn golden brown. Gently swirl and tilt the pan again to distribute the mixture to have even color until it becomes amber color (like darker honey color), about 6 minutes.
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  3. Immediately remove from heat to a cold damp towel and add 2 Tbsp boiling water. It will create a huge splash so please be careful. You can shield with a lid or wear oven mitts to protect your hands. Stir the saucepan to mix together. This will slightly thin out the caramel sauce and ensure that it doesn’t become too thick in the ramekins.

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  4. Briefly dip the ramekins in hot water to warm up. This will prevent the caramel from solidifying (just shake off excess water and no need to dry).
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  5. While caramel is still hot, evenly distribute the caramel among the 8 ramekins. Set aside and let the caramel thicken naturally (which is why the caramel will not mix with the custard mixture later).
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Custard

  1. In a small bowl, cut 4 gelatin sheets into thin ½ inch (1.3 cm) strips. Add ¼ cup (60 ml) cold water and set aside for 5-6 minutes until the gelatin “blooms” (expands).
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  2. If you’re using powder gelatin, combine 3 tsp (10 g) gelatin powder and ¼ cup (60 ml) water and let stand for 1 minute. Then microwave on high for 30-40 seconds and stir. It’s ready to use.

  3. Once gelatin sheets are bloomed, bring 1 inch (2.5 cm) of water to simmer and place the bowl of gelatin mixture over the saucepan (double boiler). Make sure to use a heat resistant bowl which is larger than the opening of the saucepan. Steam will immediately warm up the glass bowl and start dissolving the gelatin. Turn off the heat and set aside. If somehow you end up taking a longer time to do the following process and the gelatin has set into a solid, you will need to melt it back into a liquid with double boiler again.
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  4. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until pale and creamy.
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  5. In a medium saucepan, heat 200 ml (roughly 1 cup) milk (keep the rest for later) over medium heat until the milk is warm to the touch.
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  6. Slowly add the warm milk, whisking constantly (tempering the egg mixture).
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  7. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan. Cook over medium low heat, stirring constantly (keep an eye on the pot ALL THE TIME; otherwise the mixture will burn on the bottom), until the mixture coats a spoon with a thin film or small bubbles start to form at edges of pan, or reaches 160F (71C).
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  8. Add in the gelatin mixture and mix well. Remove from the heat.
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  9. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve into a clean bowl.
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  10. Add the rest of the milk (200 ml), heavy whipping cream, and vanilla and whisk all together. We’re adding them at the end to help the mixture cool down.
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  11. Divide the custard into the 8 ramekins. Cover with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge overnight or up to 3 days. The caramel on the bottom will become thinner after the moisture from the custard transfers to the caramel.
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  12. To serve, run a small sharp knife or toothpick around the edge of each ramekin to loosen the custard. Quickly invert each custard onto a plate. If it doesn’t release right away, gently shake the ramekin a few times to help it out.
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