Caramel:
325g sugar
100g water
Flan Base:
1.1 kg whole milk
250g whole egg
25g egg yolk
125g granulated sugar
50g ground drip coffee (Irving Farm)
.5g ground cardamom
.5g kosher salt
Caramel Layer (single recipe is enough caramel for 7 individual flans):
- Put the granulated sugar in the bottom of a clean, dry small pot.
- Add the water & combine so that the sugar looks like wet sand.
- Set the pot over medium heat to melt the sugar & caramelize.
- Once the sugar melts & and starts to boil, keep a close eye on it. It will caramelize quickly.
- Cook to a deep brown, pull from the heat just before the sugar reaches a deep caramelization. It will continue to cook in the pot as you portion, so move quickly but safely.
- Ladle 2 oz of carmel into the bottom of each flan mold.
- Cool the sugar to room temperature.
- These can be made in advance, cool & cover until you need.
Coffee Flan Base: