Instructions
To prepare the caramel, add two cups of sugar and one cup of water and bring to a boil over medium until the liquid turns into an dark amber color about 10-12 minutes.
Fill the greased flan molds with the prepared caramel just under the rim of the flan molds
Preheat your oven to 340F (170C)
In a pot add the pineapple juice, 1 cup of sugar and 1 tablespoon of cornstarch and cook on low heat stirring occasionally until it comes to a boil and starts to thicken.
Set aside for it to cool.
In a bowl add the eggs and beat on slow speed until liquid.
Add the cooked pineapple mixture, brandy, milk and vanilla extract and continue to ix them together until well combined.
Pour flan mixture through a strainer into another bowl
Fill the flan molds just under the rim
Place filled flan mold onto water filled baking tray. The water should cover half of the flan molds.
Place into oven and bake for 40-50 minutes or until flan has set
Let the flans cool completely, then refrigerate for a couple of hour.
Once flan is bake, gently flip it on to a plate and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before eating.
This is our weekend dessert, the kids love it.
had to make this recipe, flan was my favorite dessert in Ecuador.
I’m Ecuadorian and this recipe is just like back home.
I love this recipe.
very easy to follow instructions, nice outcome.
I followed all the instruction and this flan turned out perfect.