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This inverted caramel custard dessert is found on Mexican dessert menus everywhere. This recipe is low in calories and fat.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 5 hrs 5 mins

Servings: 6 individual flan cups

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Ingredients

1/3 cup sugar
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 12-oz. can (1-1/2 cups) evaporated milk
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Fresh fruit (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. To caramelize sugar: In 8-inch heavy skillet, cook 1/3 cup sugar over medium-high heat until sugar starts to melt, shaking skillet occasionally to heat sugar evenly. Do not stir. Once sugar starts to melt, reduce heat to low. Cook about 5 minutes or until all of the sugar is melted and golden brown, stirring as needed with wooden spoon.

Immediately divide caramelized sugar among six 6-ounce custard cups; tilt cups to coat bottoms evenly. Cool slightly.

Meanwhile, in medium bowl, combine eggs, evaporated milk, 1/3 cup sugar, and vanilla.

Place custard cups in 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Divide egg mixture among custard cups. Place baking pan on oven rack. Pour hottest tap water available into baking pan around custard cups to a depth of about 1/2 inch.

Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until knife inserted near center of each flan comes out clean. Remove or cups from water. Cool on wire rack. Cover and chill for 4 to 24 hours.

To unmold, loosen edges of flans with knife, slipping point between flans and side of custard cups. Invert dessert plate over each flan; turn plate and custard cup over together. Remove cups from flans. Spoon any caramelized sugar that remains in cups on top. If desired, serve with fresh fruit. Makes 6 individual flan cups.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 202, Total Fat 7 g, Saturated Fat 3 g, Cholesterol 123 mg, Sodium 92 mg, Carbohydrate 28 g, Fiber 0 g, Protein 7 g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 0%, Iron 0%. Exchanges: Milk .5, Other Carbohydrate 1.5, Medium-Fat Meat .5, Fat .5.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet

How to Make Flan

When you want a creamy dessert that's more sophisticated than pudding, it's time to learn how to make flan. This rich, custard-based treat topped with caramelized sugar is often associated with Spanish, Mexican or Central and South American cuisines, but flan (rhymes with "faun") is believed to have originated in Rome, one of the first places where chickens were kept for their eggs. The original dish was more savory than sweet.

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