Flandango

Flandango also known as flan / creme caramel / caramel custard is a spanish dessert. This is a quick and lower calorie version using cholestorol free egg beaters.

Ingredients
1 5 fl oz evaporated milk (unsweetened condensed) 1 tub original egg beaters (no yolk cholesterol free) equivalent to two large eggs. 2 corningware 70z/200ml soufflé/flan/custard/crème brulee cups (ceramic, unglazed, straight edge, ridged) 1 tea spoon brown sugar or white sugar sprinkled with some water drops for caramelization 8 tea spoon white sugar for custard half tea spoon vanilla essence

 Method

Microwave 1tsp sugar with half tsp water in each custard cup for 1min then 10 sec intervals till sugar is caramelized.

Heat milk for 1.20 seconds in the microwave. In another cup take egg beaters liquid and a egg whip. Pour warmed milk into this cup in a slow trickle while continuously whipping the egg beaters liquid to infuse warm milk. Do this to avoid the eggs from getting scrambled and cooked because of sudden mixing with hot milk.

Add 1 tea-spoon vanilla extract and approx 8 tea spoons sugar and mix till sugar dissolves.

Pour mixture in cups slowly over the caramelized sugar.

Take hot tap water in a sauce-pan and pour it in a big baking pan in a oven pre-heated to 350deg farenheit. Place cups in this pan so that water climbs up close to the edge of the cups but not completely. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.

If flan is done in the oven, it will be overdone on your plate. Usually the top just about starts getting a color, so stop just before you think flan is done and leave the flan in the baking tray for a while with stove door open. If you insert a tooth pick it should not come out wet. Take out and refrigerate at least six hours. Insert knife at edge of the cup, hold the knife, and rotate cup against the cutting edge of the knife without moving the knife.

Then give the cup a bit of a jiggle to loosen the flan from the sides. Place a serving plate face down on top of the custard cup and then invert and give the back of the cup a thwack and jiggle it a bit and lift.

Enjoy!

  Calorie Count

Eggs 60

Milk 200

Sugar 140

Total 4 serving, two custard cups (Desserts always for splitting with someone J).

Per person 100

Variations You can use Fruit preserves, Agave Nectar, Jams as a substitute for caramelized sugar.