Caramel coffee flan

Caramel Coffee Flan

I was browsing thru youtube and found this recipe.  link if you want to watch the video - for visual learners like me :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmnDTg0QCgE

Ingredients:


For caramel:

150g Fine Granulated Sugar
4 tbsps Water

Directions: 

• Put Sugar in hot pan on medium high heat add water.
• Allow mixture to slowly brown, stir occasionally with wooden spoon.
• As soon as it begins to caramelize keep stirring. When it golden brown remove from heat.
• Pour the caramel to your flan dish or in your individual small cups. 
• Keep Aside.

For the Flan:

400ml Sweetened Condensed Milk
200ml Milk
225ml Cream
1 stick of Cinnamon
2 pods of cardamon
2 tablespoon of Instant coffee dissolved in 1 tablespoon water
5 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 160C / 315F / Gas mark 2.5.
• Add milk and cream to the warm saucepan on medium high heat
• Add condensed milk, vanilla essence, dissolved coffee, cinnamon stick, cardamon pods, stir till well combined. 
• Allow it to come to a boil. Remove from heat. Let it steep for a few minutes to infuse flavors.
• In a separate bowl briefly whisk eggs. Slowly add small amount of coffee sauce to the whisked eggs and whisk it. Add remaining sauce and mix it well.
• Strain the coffee sauce through sieve into a clean bowl to remove cinnamon and cardamon

Take a big baking pan or a deep roaster pan

Put a kitchen towel in it and then your flan dish. Now pour coffee sauce over your caramel.
Now fill the deep pan with hot water about a third full. This is called a "Bain Marie" (cooking in a water bath) this prevents overheating or burning. 

Put tray in the oven and bake for 15-20 mins or until set. 

Gently shake flan dish to check they have set. 

Remove from oven.
Allow to cool and remove from the tray

Place in the fridge for a couple of hours.

Now after the flan dish has been in the fridge . Cut the edges with a sharp small knife loosen flan.

Turn over on your serving dish. 

You can place a warm towel for the caramel to melt and pop out of the flan dish :)