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Brazilian Flan

4.25 from 137 votes

Ingredients  

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 2 14oz cans sweet condensed milk
  • 28 oz whole milk, use the sweet condensed milk can to measure
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract

Instructions 

  • Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
  • In a sauce pan, melt the sugar over medium high heat. After about 10 minutes, once it's golden brown, add the water and let it cook, stirring lightly, until it thickens a bit.
  • Pour the caramel into a 10 inch Angel Food Pan and swirl it to cover the bottom and sides. Let it sit for a few minutes so it hardens. It is important that the caramel firms before you add the flan mixture so they don't mix together.
  • Add the sweet 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, divide them equally into 2 batches!)
  • Pour the flan mixture into the angel food pan and cover with foil.
  • Fill a large baking pan (a lasagna dish works great!) halfway through with water and place the angel food pan in 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. I like to wiggle the pan a bit to see if it's still liquidy. Sometimes I have to 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 knife along the sides and then carefully flip it on a serving plate.