Flan

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
• 1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk
• 5 large eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp salt

Before you start

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Set a 9-in round cake pan inside a roasting pan.
• Boil a kettle of water for the water bath.

Directions

1. Melt to amber caramel: sugar.
2. Pour into pan, swirl to coat: step 1.
3. Blend smooth: sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, eggs, vanilla extract, salt.
4. Pour over caramel: step 2, step 3.
5. Bake in water bath 350°F 50 to 60 min, until just set: step 4.
6. Cool on a rack 1 hr, then chill at least 4 hr (make at least 5 hr ahead): step 5.
7. Loosen edges, invert onto plate: step 6.