Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- To make the syrup, mix sugar and water in a small pot and cook over medium to low heat until the sugar dissolves into a clear syrup.
- While the syrup is cooking, preheat oven to 350 and add eggs to a bowl. Beat with a hand mixer or a stand mixer thoroughly at a medium speed.
- Add the condensed and evaporated milk to the bowl and blend further using your mixer, then add 1 tbsp of vanilla.
- Melt the guava paste in your microwave oven. I only needed to do 45 seconds at 100% power.
- Fold guava paste into beaten eggs. Mix thoroughly at medium speed.
- Add the two cans of milk, and mix thoroughly, then add vanilla.
- When your caramel is ready, pour into a 9" round baking/cake pan and move around to coat the sides evenly. Alternately, you can use muffin tins or a loaf pan. When using a muffin tin, pour the syrup into each cup one at a time and use a spatula to spread the caramel up the sides of the cups. Since the syrup is scalding and the pan can get very hot while coating, use caution doing both.
- Set aside and let cool.(60-90 seconds, tops).
- When the caramel has hardened, add beaten eggs/milk mixture to the pan or muffin tins.
- Cover tightly with foil paper and place into a larger pan (like a disposable aluminum roaster).
- Fill the larger pan with water until the water level reaches almost to the top of the baking dish.
- Place in oven and bake for 60 minutes. When the flan is done, run a knife along the edges of the flan to separate it from the sides of the pan.
- Place in the refrigerator and chill for at least two hours, or best, overnight.
- When ready to serve, turn the flan onto a plate and pour the remaining caramel over it.
Notes
I used half of a brick of Conchita Guava Paste
This link will open in Amazon.com and is for a 3 pack.