Carmelize 1 cup of sugar: Stir the sugar constantly as it slowly cooks over a low flame. Once it is melted, pour the carmelized sugar into a loaf pan coating the sides. Careful…it will be hot.
Mix together at room temperature…
2 cups sugar
8 whole eggs
4 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
Pour the mixture into the loaf pan.
Bake in a Mary’s Bath (…put the pan in a layer of water sitting in a larger pan to ensure cooking at an even temperature) at 300 degrees for 1 hour…or until firm in the center.
Refrigerate and let sit for 24 hours before removing from the form and serving.
Flan
Carmelize 1 cup of sugar: Stir the sugar constantly as it slowly cooks over a low flame. Once it is melted, pour the carmelized sugar into a loaf pan coating the sides. Careful…it will be hot.
Mix together at room temperature…
2 cups sugar
8 whole eggs
4 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
Pour the mixture into the loaf pan.
Bake in a Mary’s Bath (…put the pan in a layer of water sitting in a larger pan to ensure cooking at an even temperature) at 300 degrees for 1 hour…or until firm in the center.
Refrigerate and let sit for 24 hours before removing from the form and serving.