Flan ... Really?

I have become increasingly convinced of this : every great dessert starts with a can of condensed milk. As soon as I see that in the ingredients list I'm done for. I will make it.
So there's a fantastic dessert I had growing up in Brazil called "Pudim de leite condensado".  In English, FLAN. The name does it no justice whatsoever. I'm shocked anyone even makes it with a name like that. Take my word for it , it is simply - To. Die. For. 

All you need ;
4 eggs
2 cans of condensed milk                                                                                                                         2 c milk
1/2c sugar 

The first thing you are going to do is get whatever dish you plan on making it in and it should be stove and oven safe. I use my bundt pan.
Over a medium high heat you melt down the sugar. Stirring and shaking around that pot to make sure it melts evenly.

 

Once you have it all melted down to a liquid, swirl it around the pan so it coats the sides a little. Then set it aside. It will harden and that's ok.

Now you blend your eggs your blender and add the milk and condensed milk and blend some more.
Pour it over your sugar caramel.
Now prepare what the Brazilians call a "Banho Maria" - basically fill a roasting pan (or similiar) with enough water to cover a couple of inches of your flan pan. If you set down some lemon slices you can rest the pan on that and your water bath (is that what it's called???) will not discolour your pan. 

Now pop it in the oven for about an hour. Let it cool down on your counter and then ... here's the hard part, leave in your fridge overnight. sigh..... it's worth the wait !

Just before serving find a pretty serving dish and turn that baby over and let it pop onto the dish.

You will see in the right hand corner that I have a small ramkin dish with flan in it. You can do that too! I like to make a separate little one for my husband. Small gestures go a long way, ladies !

Let me know how yours turns out !