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Leche Flan with Macau Style (Filipino Caramel Custard)

Name: Leche Flan with Macau Style (Filipino Caramel Custard)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Philippines
Ingredients: fresh milk 600 ml; sweetened condensed milk 250 ml; eggs, separated 4 pieces; sugar 120 g; water 60 ml; lemon zest 8 g; vanilla essence 8 ml

A dense caramel custard baked in small moulds.

70 minutes · 8 servings · Easy

The Macau-leaning version is baked in small individual moulds rather than one large tin, and it is denser, with more of the caramel bitterness carried through. Individual portions set faster, which suits a bakery that sells them through a counter all day. Moulds are traditionally lined so the custard lifts out whole.

Ingredients

fresh milk600 ml
sweetened condensed milk250 ml
eggs, separated4 pieces
sugar120 g
water60 ml
lemon zest8 g
vanilla essence8 ml

Directions

1
Dissolve the sugar with water into amber caramel; coat small moulds.
2
Whisk yolks, condensed milk, milk, zest and vanilla 4 minutes; strain.
3
Pour into the moulds over the caramel.
4
Bake in a water bath at 160C for 35 minutes until set.
custard is just set with a slight wobble
5
Chill 3 hours; unmold and serve cold.

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