Ingredients (for 10 ramekins):
For the Flan:
1l. of milk
6 Tbsp of sugar
6 eggs
1 tsp of vanilla extract (or 1 vanilla bean, it is even better!)
For the caramel:
1/3 cup of water
3/4 cup of sugar
+/- 1 Tbsp of lemon juice
Preheat the oven at 200°.
Mix the milk and the sugar into a pot and heat it on a medium heat. Stop before it boils.
When the milk is being heated, mix the 6 eggs into a large bowl.
At this stage, you can start preparing the caramel, put the water and the sugar into a pot and bring it to boiling on a hot heat. Stir frequently and stop when the caramel takes a nice brown color and remove from the heat. Add immediately the lemon juice while stirring.
Place the ramekins into a oven pan or a lasagna plate, and add hot water in the pan (the flan will be baked into a bain-marie).
Back to the flans: Gradually pour the hot milk into the fresh eggs. Do not stop stirring energically to avoid your eggs get cooked. When finish you should see some bubbles on the top of the preparation.
Add the caramel into the ramekin first. And then add the Flan preparation.
Put into the preheated oven and bake for about 30 mins. Check the flans are cooked with the blade of a knife, which should be dry.
Let cool down and enjoy !!!
Variant:
- chocolate flans: add cocoa powder or dark chocolate into the warm milk
- cinamon flans: add 2 cinamon sticks into the milk (when still cold)
