Cream Cheese Flan

Total Time: 26 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
• 7 egg yolks
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 4 egg whites
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 cook 1 cup sugar in a medium-size saucepan over medium heat, and cook, stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until sugar melts and turns a light golden brown.
• 3 quickly pour hot caramelized sugar into a 2-quart flan dish.
• 4 using oven mitts, tilt dish to evenly coat bottom and sides.
• 5 let stand 5 minutes.
• 6 sugar will harden.
• 7 whisk together egg yolks and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl.
• 8 process egg whites, cream cheese, and remaining 1/2 cup sugar in blender until smooth.
• 9 stir egg mixture into egg yolk mixture.
• 10 pour mixture through a wire-mesh strainer into a large bowl; pour custard over caramelized sugar.
• 11 place dish in a large shallow pan.
• 12 add hot water to pan to a depth of 1/3 up sides of dish.
• 13 bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes.
• 14 remove dish from water bath; cool completely on a wire rack.
• 15 cover and chill at least 3 hours.
• 16 run a knife around edge of flan to loosen; invert onto a serving plate.