Author Notes
The film "What's Cooking?" is a depiction of Thanksgiving at 4 ethnic American households. One of the desserts at the Latino meal is this flan, which we created for our book "Cooking with the Movies: Meals on Reels." —Anthony Chiffolo
Ingredients
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1 cup
sugar
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8
egg yolks
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1
14-oz can sweetened condensed milk
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1
12-fl oz can evaporated milk
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1 tablespoon
vanilla extract
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edible flowers
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350°F.
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Melt the sugar over medium heat until caramel
colored. Pour into a 9" round glass baking dish,
coating the bottom and sides.
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In a large bowl, beat the yolks until light yellow
in color. Add the condensed and evaporated
milks and the vanilla, and beat until very
smooth. Pour mixture into the baking dish. Set
inside a larger pan; add water so that it comes
up as much as possible around the edges of the
flan pan.
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Bake for 50 – 60 minutes. Remove from oven
and allow to cool completely. Refrigerate
overnight.
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To serve, invert the flan onto a plate with
high sides. Surround with edible fl owers for
decoration.
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