Flan (Crème Caramel)
Egg custard on milk under caramel, baked in a cast-iron pot in a water bath or cooked in a pressure cooker.
Steps
1. Whisk the eggs, milk, sugar and vanilla.
2. Melt 125 g of sugar in a cast-iron frying pan over the heat.
3. Very quickly pour the caramel into a cast-iron pot and let it run over the sides. Let it cool.
4. Pour in the whisked mixture.
5. Bake in a water bath in the oven for 1–1.5 hours at 175 °C. Or put it in a pressure cooker, with water round the pot, for 30 minutes.
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