Leche Flan Recipe
Leche flan is a favourite and popular dessert in the Philippines. It is similar to a cream caramel. It is sweet and rich.
Leche flan is a must during Christmas, New Year and fiestas. Nowadays, making leche flan become part time job for some family who would like to earn extra money. Since making it takes a lot of time, busy people would just like to buy it over the counter or order leche flan for the Holiday celebrations, you will now find leche flan being sold in the market and delicacy stores or order over the phone and deliver to your door.
Like any other popular dish, there are many variations in making leche flan, but the classic recipe only calls for eggyolk, sugar, evaporated milk, condensed milk and citrus flavourings. Steaming is the traditional method for cooking leche flan, and is usually prepared in an oval shaped metal pans called Llanera and steamed over moderate heat until set.
It takes a while to master the techniques and perfected this recipe but it is worth it.
Ingredients:
12 egg yolks
2 cans condensed milk (14 oz.)
5 cans small evaporated milk
2 cups fine white sugar
2 tablespoon vanilla or
¼ teaspoon grated dayap rind (optional)
You will also need the following:
Llanera
Steamer
Strainer
How to make the Caramelized Syrup :
- In a stainless steel pan, dissolve 3/4 cups of sugar, add 1/4 cup water over medium heat, do not stir, just swirl the pan gently, caramelize in low heat if you don't want it burnt. Pale brown means sweeter and too dark means bitter. When you have achieved the desired color, pour the syrup in the llanera and make sure to coat all the parts of the pan.
How to make the Custard:
- In a mixing bowl, combine all the egg yolk, condensed milk, evaporated milk, sugar and vanilla. Use a whisk to mix thoroughly but gently to prevent bubbles from forming. Remove any solids by using a strainer.
- Pour the mixture in the llanera and cover it with an aluminum foil, so that the moisture from the steam won't come in the pan as it will become watery.
- Steam Cook for 40-45 minutes, or until knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove the llanera and let it cool at room temperature. Then refrigerate for several hours before serving.
- To unmold the leche flan- run a sharp knife around the edge and carefully invert it unto a platter or serving dish, let the caramelized sugar flow over the leche flan.
This recipes makes 4- 5 llanera of Leche Flan.
Leche flan is a popular dessert to to eat with Suman (sticky rice) or serve with sweetened macapuno (young coconut) and ube (purple yam), or just serve as it is.
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Comments
ang sarap nito!
challenging 'cause first time kong mgluto!!
i love it...! my love ones and I are love it,... leche flan is our favorite dessert... It's good for all occassions for me...
i will try to make a leche flan.i love leche flan because it so delicious.
i will try to cook this
this one is great
mine is not really a leche plan,i try'd it at homme,but it suck..geez it looks like omelet...but i try my hardest to make a leche plan bad to know that i was not good on cooking.....eveen a child can do a leche plan coz its very simple and easy..but 4 me its tragedy..
...thanks for sharing this recipe..Okay..i will try to make this...actually this is the first time i make l leche flan coz i don't have any idea how to cook this. :)
very delicious.......recipe
ito ang pinakapinakapinakapinaka paburito kong dessert!!!
ang sarap nito
i think that recipe is good
yammyyyyyyyyy...tnx for sharing recipe.
HMM MY FAVORITE LECHE FLAN; TENKS 4 RECIPE
nice... asking my mom to make some leche plan this new year!
hi,,,thanks am realy going to try your leche plan.cause everytime i bake am always sad because its not good i try this coming new year....thanks again advance hapi new year
thnx for the recipe
yum!yum!! that's mine already!! no one can grab all of the leche flan from mine ...!!
is that vanilla ESCENSE?
@frills
a llanera is an aluminum or stainless mould used to steam the leche flan
I want to try this but I don't know what a llanera is.
I will try this recipe this Christmas!
)))The hardest part here is the caramelized sugar. It seemed easy, but it is quite hard to do. And add water to the sugar? Bad idea.
additional add some 1cup of nestea ice-tea so that u can have other flavoring..try it!
I rilly love leche flan it soo yummy ..Great!!!
ilove lecheplan,now i know the recipe n how 2make.thanks youtube.
i love leche flan much.....
WOW IS GOOD YUMMY
leche plan s da best dessert ever
i love leche flan so much.........."
i miss leche flan!!!! I havent eaten one for years and ill just make my own :D
hi. i love sweets. i've always love my aunt's leche flan. it's really d best. now, i have my own family and i just love making desserts for my kids. now, i'm planning to make leche flan, i believe it's not as complicated as i think it was. i'll definitely try this recipe. :)
'been searching for a perfect recipe of leche flan,thanx for this one i'm gonna try it...I really love this dessert!YUMMY;)
thats great! now i know how to cook!
thanks for this recipe, it helped me a lot. im now ready for a home made leche plan...=)
yummy...hmmmm it's so very delicous
very helpful... i was able to make a pan of leche flan on my own...! thanx....
can i use cows milk instead of evaporated/condensed milk? if so, will i replace it with the evaporated or condensed? and can i use natural sweeteners instead of sugar?
its really delicious. also try lumpia house leche flan original recipe.
deliciously made . I love it! :*
i made it for my Singaporean hubby and he loves it. thanks for sharing this great sweet recipe.
It's my first time to make a leche flan and my daddy really love it. Thanks for the recipe... Next time i could done it perfectly. ^_^
Great hub. I make a flan with coconut (coconut in heavy syrup - comes in a can and you can buy it at any Cuban market in the Los Angeles area....). People at my work go crazy for it. They're always asking me to make it for them.
Can't resist it whenever my asw makes this! Masarap tlga!
My friend from work made this for couple of us to share-- i didnt even eat my lunch....it was that GOOD!!!
what a very easy procedure. You give me a great lesson on how to cook it.
HI! this leche is so sweet for me. i have my own recipe ( so delicious and not rich) just perfect.just e-mail me and i can share it. my e-mail addy...resing1041@yahoo.com
Sounds really good, but how big is a can of evaporated milk if it says 'small'? Are there different sizes? Condensed milk only comes in 14 oz cans, and it's specified... can you let us know the size of the evaporate milk cans? Thanks.
i love leche plan! this is my one of the most favorite dessert,...thanks for the recipe.......
sarrap naman yan.sa goldilocks sarap ng leche flan nila
HMM! SARAP
ok i will try...
thank's po try ko ngaung new year.... sana ok...
i'll try this weekend...
i love this dessert
this recipe is good for how many people? thank you.
.love leche flan,!! i taste it, so yummy, this my favorite dessert. thanks for the recipe!
i love it! this is my favorite dessert in philippines. i miss philippines recipes.....huhuhu!
i taste it its so yummy thanks for the recipe!???????
thanks for the recipe.. i really like leche flan.. yum yum :)
hi its soo very good ! its very fine thank you ! hahaa
nice recipe..! thanks for sharing,,,god bless!
Thanks for the recipe..now i now how 2 make leche flan!!!!
ang hirap gumawa ng caramelize sugar
so yummy...!!!!!tnx for the recipe....
uhhhmmmm....I tried once in my employer's family party and it super yummy....winner the taste....thank you....because of you I believe I can fly...
Thanks for sharing this recipe,,,it will help me a lot to prepare a very delicious dessert for our barrio fiesta.
hi there! what else can i use to cook the leche flan if i don't have a llanera?
thanks for the recipie god bless(^_^)
Great recipe. However, you need to give an idea of what the oven temperature should be. I baked mine in a bath at 375 degrees Farenheit for 45 minutes. As an alternative to the the caramelized sugar, I substituted pure maple syrup and it was incredible! My flan came out very smooth with very little air holes and the taste was magnificent with a hit of lemon juice :-)
i did my flan perfect the first time, however the next batch my caramel did not want to brown - took me more than an hour to reduce it to the right consistency. what could i have done wrong?
napaka sarap which means (very very delicous)
I love flan. I'm having the family in for Christmas. I may try my hand at this then. Thank you!
steam cook is 20 minutes and baking is 45 minutes...
thanks for the recipe....i just hope i can perfect it this time. yummmmmy!!!!!
its reallllly!!!gooooooooood....yam.yam...thank
GOOOOOOOOOOOOD
Im actually making one right now, my husband who is a white guy loves this dessert. This really taste good...
tnx for the recipee...hope i could done it perfectly.
Thanks for the recipe. I'll have to print it out for my wife. Bless her heart! She's tried to make leche flan for years but, for some reason, it just doesn't turn out right. Hopefully she won't give up and this one will turn out right.
MM, it;s me again! I have a slightly healthier version of leche flan...substitute milk with soy milk. The flan comes out slightly tofu-like, and lighter. I tried to make one with just tofu but it didn't turn out quite well...
hi! i would like to ask if you could specify the amount of ingridients coz there are three kinds of cans of condensed milk. thank you. id like to make leche flan coz my kids love it. we alyas buy at the store so i would like to make it myself so i could save a bit. and to make use of my native chickens egg which i have plenty of it
i dont have any idea on how to cook leche flan until i browsed the net and found this recipe. it was my first time then and was really nervous since i will be serving this dessert for christmas. while cooking, i have the net infront of me to follow the step by step procedure. when i served the dessert, my friends told me that my leche flan was perfect and didn't expect them to love my leche flan since it was first time experiment. anyhow, thank you for the recipe...your recipe is the perfect recipe i have found for leche flan...
thanks for the recipe! i love leche flan.i like the presentation but the music is too loud!the music is unnecessary!
...thanks a bunch for sharing such delicious recipe with demo, but i would like to suggest that a background music is not necessary...
mm, keep it up the good spirit of sharing...
nice recipe, i will try this next week... thanks for sharing.... god bless...
Wow, good to see the Filipino version of this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
thank you for this page. it had satisfied my needs.
wow leche flan is my favorite dessert of one of my favorite food in my whole life
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Yumm!! I would like to try that! Thanks for the tip on melting the sugar. I have always stirred it instead of swirling the pan. That is probably why I ended up with crystals and hot spots where the sugar burnt in the pan!
chill!
Wonderful recipe! Thanks for sharing.
A friend from Chile introduced me to flan and gave me her recipe. For custard or caramel fans, it can't be beat.
I have had this before. It's delicious.
Hi Ripplemaker---nice of you to drop by, it's my favourite dessert too. its actually a comfort food for me and it reminds me of home....
I love leche flan!!! It is one of my favorite desserts. :) thanks for sharing this recipe.
Rich and sweet - the Google ads reflect that too - 'how to lose belly fat" LOL
Looks like a great recipe though - I shall try it.
Hi Lisa and Patty - thanks for dropping by, and the photo looks good and it is really a tempting dessert.
Yes, the photo does look good.
This is a delicious recipe and the photo at the top of the Hub looks very nice. Thumbs up!
manina 11 days ago
wow..ang sarap..... gagawa ako niyan.....