Caramel Pumpkin Flan
Caramel Pumpkin Flan

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, caramel pumpkin flan. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Caramel Pumpkin Flan is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Caramel Pumpkin Flan is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have caramel pumpkin flan using 19 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Caramel Pumpkin Flan:
  1. Take Pumkin Flan
  2. Get 4 each eggs (extra large)
  3. Get 4 each egg yolks (from extra large eggs)
  4. Get 1 cup sugar (brown, packed)
  5. Take 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  6. Get 1 cup milk (whole)
  7. Make ready 1 cup cream
  8. Get 1 cup pumkin puree (flesh from 1/2 small pumpkin)
  9. Make ready 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  10. Make ready 1/8 tsp nutmeg
  11. Prepare 1/8 tsp allspice
  12. Make ready 1/8 tsp ground clove
  13. Take 1/8 tsp orange zest
  14. Take 1 pinch salt
  15. Get Caramel
  16. Take 1/2 cup water
  17. Prepare 1 cup sugar
  18. Prepare 3 each drops of lemon juice (light squeeze from half a lemon)
  19. Prepare 3 tbsp pepitas (roasted salted hulled pumpkin seeds)
Steps to make Caramel Pumpkin Flan:
  1. Combine cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and orange zest with pumpkin puree.
  2. In a sauce pan, start to heat the milk and cream, but do not bring to a boil.
  3. Whisk together the eggs and egg yolks in a large bowl. Once the milk is warm, remove from heat slowly add to egg mixture, whisking continuously.
  4. Once incorporated, add the brown sugar, pinch of salt and vanilla and whisk until dissolved.
  5. Pour through a mesh strainer into another container that can hold the pumpkin puree as well and be refrigerated.
  6. Whisk to combine the spiced pumpkin puree with the egg mixture and chill at least 3 hours.
  7. Add 1 cup sugar and then 1/4 cup water to a sauce pan. Heat until the sugar dissolves then add lemon juice.
  8. Continue to heat, swirling the pan to cook evenly without stirring.
  9. Once mixture is a deep amber color, remove from heat and slowly add the remaining 1/4 cup water. The caramel mixture will bubble up. Using a heatproof spoon, stir to combine.
  10. Pour the caramel into the ramekins, allow to cool and chill until caramel has set.
  11. Divide the chilled custard into the ramekins and place in large roasting pan with at least 2" sides.
  12. Pour enough warm water into the pan to reach halfway up the ramekins and cover tightly with aluminum foil.
  13. Bake at 325°F for 30 to 35 minutes or until the edges are clearly set, but center slightly liquid.
  14. Remove from roasting pan and allow to cool on wire racks.
  15. Once cooled, cover and return to refrigerator to chill.
  16. When ready to serve, invert onto serving plate, drizzle any extra caramel over the flan and sprinkle with pepitas.

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