Flan, un poco tarde

FIRST STEPS

 SUGAR & WATER CARMALIZED/COOLIN

 MIXING

 FINAL OUTCOME!

I missed the e-mail from Carla dealing with music and food, so here is a slightly late entry on the flan I cooked with my madre de Pais Vasco. I am a big fan of flan, but it seems as if a lot of the students in the program do not like it a ton. Flan is a typical dessert in the Basque Country. I think it tastes like sugary scrambled eggs. Actually, my mom is not into cooking whatsoever, so she invited a friend over to help me make the simple dessert called flan. First, we made some caramel by boiling sugar and water in the bottom of the dish. We let this substance harden. Then, we mixed 5 eggs, almost 1 liter of milk, and 8 heaping tablespoons of sugar in a different bowl. We added this mixture to the pan with the caramel, and boiled the pan in water on the stove for 15 minutes. It was an extremely easy process, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I also learned that there are different flavors of flan: chocolate, coffee, orange, etc. It was interesting to talk about cooking with my mom's friend because I really love to cook at home. Flan is one of the recipes I will make quite a bit because I think my dad will be a big fan of it also.