Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, baked caramel and dulce de leche flan. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This flan - a delicate Spanish custard baked in a caramel-coated dish - features dulce de leche, or sweetened milk that's cooked down to a thick paste. Using fat-free condensed milk, reduced-fat milk, and substituting egg whites for some of the eggs keeps this sweet dessert on the lighter side. It's a creamy custard, baked on top of a layer of caramel.

Baked Caramel and Dulce de Leche Flan is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Baked Caramel and Dulce de Leche Flan is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have baked caramel and dulce de leche flan using 6 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Caramel and Dulce de Leche Flan:

1. Make ready 5 large eggs
2. Get 14 oz. dulce de leche
3. Take 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4. Get 1 can evaporated milk (12 oz.)
5. Make ready 12 oz. milk (use a evaporated milk can as a measurement)
6. Prepare 3/4 cup sugar

Flan is delicate Spanish custard baked in a caramel-coated dish. Dulce de Leche is sweetened milk that's cooked down to a thick paste. Cooling the flan in a water bath helps it reach room temperature gradually, which reduces the chances of shrinking and cracking. Dulce de leche is a caramel-like spreadable topping, made from various kinds of milk and sugar, for toast or desserts from Latin countries.

Steps to make Baked Caramel and Dulce de Leche Flan:

1. Ingredients:
2. Put the sugar in a non-stick heavy-duty saucepan over medium-low heat - Cook it stirring until melted and golden
3. Quickly pour the caramel into an ungreased 8 x 4 inch round baking pan or bundt cake pan, tilt it to distribute and cover the entire baking pan with the caramel, (reserve)
4. Heat the milk in the microwave for 2 minutes - Add the dulce de leche, mix until dissolved (reserve, let cool)
5. In a bowl beat the eggs - Add the dulce de leche (reserved)
6. The vanilla extract, the evaporated milk, mix well
7. Pour the mix over caramelized sugar reserved, cover with aluminum foil - Place it into a larger baking pan filled with water, reserve - Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit
8. Place the baking pan in the oven and cook it for 40-50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean - Carefully remove it from the water to avoid burning yourself - Let cool at room temperature for 1 hour - Cover it and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight
9. To unmold, run a knife around the edges, shake gently, cover the baking pan with a serving plate and turn over, shake gently to release
10. Serve cut into wedges on dessert plates and spoon sauce over each serving, keep it refrigerate

In Columbia they use goat's milk and call it Cajeta. This flan provides a double hit of caramel in both the topping and the custard. Dulce de Leche Flan kicks up our regular leche flan up a notch. Made with sweet dulce de leche, it's rich, creamy and full of caramel flavor! A year ago I decided to challenge myself and set out on a mission to recreate all different types of flan known to mankind in my kitchen.

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