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King Arthur Baking | 2025-12-29
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A foundational dessert in Puerto Rican cuisine, flan is made by gently baking a delicate custard in a caramel-coated pan (think France's crème caramel but richer and more deeply colored). This recipe, excerpted from Mia Castro's book Cocina Puerto Rico, takes this notoriously tricky dessert and makes it failproof. A nod to her mother's own recipe, “flan de Mami,” Mia's version is the product of years of making flan (and messing up). Mia adds mascarpone cheese, which produces an extra-silky texture, and vanilla bean paste for those signature flecks, plus she cooks her caramel to a deep golden color, which adds bitter notes that contrast the mild custard. If you've been too intimidated to make flan in the past, this recipe is the best place to start.
