Quick and Easy Crème Caramel (Custard pudding or Leche Flan)

In my mind, Flan is always the best childhood sweet treat ever ever and ever, it’s the only one dessert is served very often in my family, everyone love it, so do I. I love all the silky texture, the glassy shiny look, the colors and the most creamy flavor, once you spoon to your mouth, feel its melting slowly, just super wonderful delicious.

Flan have two ways to make, I still remembered my Mum often cook Flan by steaming method, at that time we still have no oven, She placed a little of water on the bottom portion of steamer, covered and allow water come to a boil, then she put the Flan mixture in, turned the heat down and let its cooked for around 30-40 minutes. Throughout the cooking, she had to open the lid every 5 minutes to wipe all the steaming water on the lid to avoid they drop in the custard mixture and it will make the custard have bubbles inside. I temporarily call this is the diligent method. :)

The 2nd way is baking flan in the water bath, this is truly cooking way for lazy me, I dont have to open the lid every 5 minutes to wipe the water steam, I also dont have to worry they will drop in your mixture and blablabla, just pop the the Flan mixture in the oven, and the pretty beautiful Flan will be done under 40 minutes without any sweat, I love it! :)) However, there is some notes for this method, which I will tell you at the end of my post ( as usual! :D)

Talked enough about cooking method, we are going to talk about proportion of yolks, egg whites and milk. Everyone has their own recipe to make. Some like Flan is a bit touch, they use more egg whites, some love eggy taste, they use more yolks, some love very soft and tender flan, they use more milk…so, why not experiment yourself and try to find an ideal egg-milk proportion for your perfect taste? I have tried lots of recipes before and finally, I am happy with this recipe, which is balanced of flavor, and pretty enough for me. :)

Crème Caramel (Custard pudding or Leche Flan)

Ingredients

(Enough for 4 people on the gloomy Saturday)

Recipe 1 ( condensed milk recipe)

• 2 whole eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 250 ml whole milk
• 100ml condensed milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 3 tablespoons sugar for caramelized top

Recipe 2 ( whole milk or whipping cream recipe)

• 270 ml whole milk
• 60 ml whipping cream (or use 80ml whole milk if you want a lighter Flan)
• 40 grams sugar

*** The condensed recipe give a thicker flan, also these recipes are not too sweet, Just right with my taste, so feel free to increase the sugar, or proportion of milk and condensed milk to your taste.