Cookbook:Flan de Queso (Cream Cheese Flan)

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Ingredients

For the flan

• 8 oz of cream cheese
• 14 oz can of leche condensada (sweetened condensed milk—available in the Hispanic food section of any supermarket)
• 12 oz can of evaporated milk
• 4 large eggs
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract

For the caramel

• 1 cup of white granulated sugar

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C)
2. Add cream cheese, leche condensada, evaporated milk, eggs, and vanilla extract into a mixing bowl. Mix ingredients thoroughly at medium speed until smooth.
3. Place the sugar in the bottom of a small circular baking pan. Add the flan mixture on top without mixing the two layers.
4. Fill a large baking sheet with about 1.5 inch of water. This is called baño de Maria (bain-marie).
5. Carefully place baking sheet with flan mixture in the baño de Maria.
6. Cook flan for 45-50 minutes in the preheated oven. The flan is ready when you insert a toothpick in the center and it comes out clean.
7. Let flan cool until safe to handle. Tip the flan pan upside-down into a serving plate, and refrigerate for 5 hours.
8. Serve with fresh mint leaves for garnish.

Attribution

This recipe for flan de queso was originally contributed by Brenda Ortiz.