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Vanilla flan cups

Name: Vanilla flan cups
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 4 portions
Cuisine: Mexico
Ingredients: 70 g sugar for caramel; 2 tbsp water; 400 ml milk; 3 eggs; 50 g sugar for custard; 1 tsp vanilla extract

Vanilla flan cups for a relaxed home table, with straightforward preparation and familiar ingredients.

Prep15 min

Cook40 min

Yield4 portions

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Editorial home-cooking adaptation · Not yet kitchen-tested. Timings are estimates; additional soaking, rising or chilling may apply. Read the complete method before starting.

Ingredients

4 portions

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Units are listed with each ingredient. 1 tbsp = 15 ml; 1 tsp = 5 ml. US cup measures are approximately 240 ml. Chef adaptations may retain source units. Scaling changes quantities, not cooking times. Ingredient ticks reset when the page reloads.

Let’s make it.

Heat oven to 160°C / 320°F. Dissolve caramel sugar in water over medium heat and cook without stirring until amber. Carefully divide among four heatproof ramekins; hot caramel burns.
Warm milk until steaming. Whisk eggs, custard sugar and vanilla, then gradually whisk in warm milk and strain.
Pour into ramekins. Place in a deep roasting tin and add hot water halfway up the sides.
Bake 30–40 minutes until set with a gentle wobble and center reaches 71°C / 160°F. Cool promptly, refrigerate at least four hours and unmold to serve.

A little kitchen note

Allow four hours chilling. Use care moving the hot water bath.

Allergen notes

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A little nourishment.

Illustrative nutrition estimate · Per listed portion (1/4 of the recipe)

Energy: 236 kcal
Protein: 8.0 g
Carbs: 35.4 g
Fat: 7.0 g
Fibre: 0.0 g
Total sugar: 35.6 g
Sodium: 98 mg

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